Hi Bertil, Krishnakant, listers, Existing OpenOffice.org extensions are available for download from http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/ (sorted by OOo application at: http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/application). I took a quick look, and didn't see any that already offer alternative keyboard navigation for Writer documents. For developing your own extensions, see the OOo wiki on this topic: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Extensions_development Python programmers should see http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Extensions_development_python and Java programmers should see http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Extensions_development_java (info on using Java from Eclipse and NetBeans is included). You can find source code for sample extensions at: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/API/Samples (and specifically examples written in Java at: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/API/Samples/Java). I've asked whether the contents of the Hands-on-Lab are published anywhere; they used different examples than I've found poking about the sample source pages. I'll send an update if/when I get it. Note: other than going through the lab, I haven't done anything further myself, so I am no expert in creating extensions! Regards, Peter Korn Accessibility Architect, Sun Microsystems, Inc. On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 10:16:11PM -0700, Peter Korn wrote:Hi Janina, OOo Writer has keyboard functionality for navigation by paragraph: Ctrl-Up/Down arrow. Add shift to select. For deleting lines, Home followed by shift up/down arrow will select lines you can then delete. Not the same - and in many cases not as fast - as vi. But in case you didn't already know about these... Separately, I just took a "Hands on Lab" class at the recent JavaOne conference, where I learned about writing OpenOffice.org extensions - specifically Java using NetBeans. One option for folks wanting more vi/emacs-style (or WordPerfect style, for that matter) keyboard gestures would be to write an OOo Writer extension to encapsulate just that functionality. This should be a far easier task that trying to modify the actual OOo codebase itself. I haven't dug into the details of making keyboard gesture modifications (the lab covered adding menu items, dialog boxes, file translators/converters, and adding smart tags), but it appears that most of the object model is exposed to extension writers.That all sounds very promising. Where can one find more information? Regards, Bertil _______________________________________________ Orca-list mailing list Orca-list gnome org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list Visit http://live.gnome.org/Orca for more information on Orca |