Re: [orca-list] Feature request: key bindings

[Sébastien Hinderer <Sebastien Hinderer ens-lyon org>]

Hey Will !

> Nice to hear from you.

Thanks. Nice to be back on the list.

> The src/orca/default.py module has a
> getBrailleBindings that can be modified very easily to provide what
> you're looking for.  I think adding these lines would do the trick:
>
>             brailleBindings[braille.brlapi.KEY_CMD_FWINLTSKIP]   = \
>                 self.inputEventHandlers["panBrailleLeftHandler"]
>             brailleBindings[braille.brlapi.KEY_CMD_FWINRTSKIP]   = \
>                 self.inputEventHandlers["panBrailleRightHandler"]

Ok ! Thanks a lot for the prompt and efficient reply !

> We currently have a bug open for providing better support for BrlTTY
> commands: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=521599

Seen, thanks ! Actually the enhancements suggested in my previous post
are already mentionned in the bug report, so I didn't modify it. ARe
there any plans regarding the actual integration of these comments to
Orca ?

> I would *love* it if you could provide some input for ways we could
> improve the users control of the desktop from the braille device.
> We currently do a pretty limited job and could definitely do better.

Have to see which commands Orca provides.
Are these listed somewhere ? 

One first thing that comes to mind is copy and paste. There are already
commands for that in BRLTTY.

Cheers,
Sébastien.