Re: [orca-list] toggling capslock

[Mike Gorse <mgorse alum wpi edu>]

Ugh.  I really should think and/or test before I post.  Sorry.  Orca 
--quit should work fine, actually, since the initial shell script should 
clean up.

On Tue, 7 Jul 2009, Willie Walker wrote:

> Hi Igor:
>
> The shell script used to launch Orca has some code in it to shut off the 
> CapsLock behavior if you are using the CapsLock as the Orca key.  It should 
> restore the CapsLock behavior if you exit Orca normally.  If you kill Orca in 
> some bad way, however, the behavior may not get restored.
>
> Will
>
> Igor Gueths wrote:
> > Hi Will. On Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 09:39:20AM -0400, Willie Walker wrote:
> > > Hi Igor:
> > >
> > > This is very very strange, especially since it happens when you use the 
> > > desktop layout.  It's been a while since I've played in the XKB space, but 
> > > I think there might be some XKB utility (xkbset) that allows you to set 
> > > the modifiers.
> >
> > I'll take a look at that. Something else to keep in mind is that even if I 
> > quit
> > Orca, hit the capslock, and restart Orca, the capslock still remains 
> > active. I'm
> > thinking that this is perhaps some Xorg thing.
> > > Will
> > >
> > > Igor Gueths wrote:
> > > > Hi all. Every once in a while, I will have the rather strange problem of 
> > > > a stuck
> > > > capslock key, with seemingly no way to toggle it, independent of whether 
> > > > I am
> > > > using Orca's laptop or desktop layouts. My usual fix for this problem 
> > > > thus far,
> > > > has been to restart Xorg, which fixes the problem most of the time. Does 
> > > > anyone
> > > > know of a better way to do this, since lately my usual solution does not 
> > > > seem to
> > > > be working? I am using Xorg-1.5.0, Gnome-2.24 built from Garnome, and 
> > > > Orca
> > > > revision 4682. Thanks.
> > > >
> > > >
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