Hi
all,
I have 2 problems with
Orca.
I use Ubuntu 8.10 and brltty 3.10,
donât know the version number of Orca, so a tird question is: where can I find
which version of Orca Iâm running?
From a terminal
type:
orca -v
or orca --version
1: Wheân I switch from application
(with Alt+Tab), Orca does not read the application where to switch to but
instead Orca stays focused on the last used application. On my previous
computer it worked fine.
My question: wathâs here the
problem? How can I fix it? Has someone tips for easier switching from
applications (f.e. the same as in Windows: Super_l+Tab and than the arrow
keys)?
Here the problem might be that
you are using Compiz window manager, that it's not so accessible. You can
change your window manager to Metacity that is pretty accessible with
Orca.
From a terminal type:
metacity --replace&
Or go to System menu, Preferences and go to appearance,
select None effects for the desktop, and you will be using
Metacity.
To change quickly or select which
application you want to use go to Bottom panel, press control + alt + tab
until you arrive to bottom panel there you can use arrows to select from a
list of currently opened applications.
2: File browser seems to respond
very slow. This is really enoying and there is no possibility to use Terminal
because I need to call some context menuâs there.
When I deselect âalways open in
browser windowsâ in the menuâs Edit -> Preferences -> Behavior, it works
fast but this is also no solution because then it opens a window for every
opened directory.
I think itâs really a Orca issue
because my colleague does not have this problem.
I read something in the wiki about
spatial mode. Is this here the problem? How can I change
it?
Currently Nautilus suffer from
slowness problems, but you can use "compact view" and things go a little
faster. If you want you can open directories in tabs similar to Firefox ones.
Press control + t to open a tab and control + l to set
location.
You can also install another file
manager as pcmanfm which is faster thatn Nautilus but less
powerful.
To use Pcmanfm with Orca set view
as list.
Thanks in
advance,
HTH
Kristof
Javier
