Re: [orca-list] mnemonic speaking missing (Re: Flag day for Orca)

["David E. Price" <deprice cs utah edu>]

On 06/01/2009 11:27 AM, Willie Walker wrote:
> Hi Dave:
>
> > The changes you just checked in didn't fix the mnemonic problem on this
> > box. Also, I can't now duplicate the mnemonic being read only after
> > pressing where am I a second time. However, there are two entries in the
> > speech page of Orca preferences that are still not announcing mnemonics
> > when where am I is pressed: Speak blank lines and speak tutorial 
> > messages.
>
> Bummer about the automatic speaking of the mnemonics not working when 
> the "Speak object mnemonics" checkbox is checked. I tested it with the 
> checkbox checked and unchecked (you need to press "Apply" or "OK" for 
> the settings to take effect) and it worked fine for me. 
I've been using this setting since I discovered it a month or two ago. 
But, I have also unchecked and checked the box since the refactor 
without the mnemonics being spoken when the box is checked.


> Maybe you need to make sure git is behaving well? Try doing the 
> following to make sure nothing locally is causing any issues:
>
> git reset --hard
> git pull

I received "Already up-to-date".
> For the two items in question -- Speak blank lines and speak tutorial 
> messages -- there's a reason no mnemonics are being spoken: there 
> aren't any on those objects. We try to give almost everything a 
> mnemonic, but looks like we missed a couple. Mnemonics can be very 
> troublesome in dialogs with lots of widgets because we run out of 
> meaningful letters quickly.

I would suggest dividing the speech page into two pages to free up more 
mnemonics. I know... just adding to your workload. ;-)

Once I finish what I'm doing, I'll reboot my laptop into Linux using 
gnome 2.26 and let you know the behavior.

dave