Re: [orca-list] Changing Orca key

[Willie Walker <William Walker Sun COM>]

If you create a ~/.orca/orca-customizations.py file, it will not be 
overridden.  Only the user-preferences.py file will be overridden when 
you change the preferences via the GUI.

If you look closely at the end of ~/.orca/user-preferences.py, you will 
see that the orca-customizations.py file is merely imported and is just 
a Python script.  So, you can make it do anything.  Just be careful to 
use good syntax.  Temporarily adding a "print" statement to the "except 
ImportError" clause can help you debug typos you might make.

Will

Jacob Schmude wrote:
> Hi
> Is there a way to prevent orca from overwriting this preference? When I 
> change it manually like this, if I then change any of my orca 
> preferences it is overridden with the default modifiers of the keyboard 
> layout I've chosen.
>
>
>
> On Jan 22, 2009, at 14:55, Willie Walker wrote:
>
> > Hi Everett:
> >
> > There's a work-in-progress patch at 
> > http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=536827, but you can also 
> > edit your ~/.orca/user-settings.py or ~/.orca/orca-customizations.py 
> > files (you might need to create the latter if it doesn't exist) and 
> > change/add the line that looks similar to the following:
> >
> > orca.settings.orcaModifierKeys = orca.settings.DESKTOP_MODIFIER_KEYS
> >
> > You might, for example, make it look like the following (all on one 
> > line, just in case my e-mail app or yours decides to wrap it):
> >
> > orca.settings.orcaModifierKeys = orca.settings.DESKTOP_MODIFIER_KEYS["`"]
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> >
> > Will
> >
> > E.J. Zufelt wrote:
> > > Good evening,
> > > I am using Orca on Ubuntu through VMWare Fusion.  Long story short I 
> > > have neither a caps lock or Insert key.
> > > Using Laptop layout in Orca, how can I change the Orca modifier key 
> > > to something other than Caps Lock?  Perhaps the accent key to the 
> > > left of the 1
> > > Thanks,
> > > Everett
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