Re: [orca-list] Changing Orca key

[Jacob Schmude <j schmude gmail com>]

Hi Will
Thanks. I guess I figured orca.settings would be resolved if orca- 
customizations.py was imported at the end of user-settings.py. I'm not  
as familiar with Python as I probably should be, I'm more the c++  
type. Guess I should speed up my Python lessons a bit.


On Jan 22, 2009, at 16:25, Willie Walker wrote:

> Hi Jacob:
>
> Yep -- it's just a Python script that is imported, so you must make  
> sure you use proper Python syntax and that it has all the stuff it  
> needs. So, the 'orca.settings' symbol needs to be resolved before it  
> is referenced.
>
> So...you might try this:
>
> # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
> import orca.settings
> orca.settings.orcaModifierKeys = orca.settings.DESKTOP_MODIFIER_KEYS
>
> Will
>
> Jacob Schmude wrote:
> > Hi Will
> > Do I need to put something at the top of orca-customizations.py?  
> > When I create one and put this line in it:
> > orca.settings.orcaModifierKeys = orca.settings.DESKTOP_MODIFIER_KEYS
> > all that happens is the orca preferences dialog fires up every time  
> > I start orca. This setting doesn't seem to work. What I'm trying to  
> > do is keep the orca laptop layout, but have the desktop modifier  
> > keys (I have grave accent already mapped to insert through VMWare  
> > itself, so this is all that would be needed). Currently, I have to  
> > keep placing this in user-settings.py to get this setting. orca- 
> > customizations.py doesn't seem to affect it, as when I change  
> > preferences my modifier key is still erased and the line in orca- 
> > customizations.py is doing nothing.
> > What am I messing up here?
> > On Jan 22, 2009, at 15:18, Willie Walker wrote:
> > > 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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