Re: [orca-list] OpenOffice problem

[Jon <j orcauser googlemail com>]

On ubuntu Lucid, the braille does show the numbering, and it doesnt crash 
when i remove it, but it is not spoken when it is first inserted.

-Jon
On Tue 25/05/2010 at 17:43:56, Michael Whapples wrote:
> Hello,
> I have found a couple of issues with openoffice writer and orca. The
> one seems very reproduceable but the other seems less reliable. They
> both relate to the same thing.
>
> Problem one: When I am writing a list using roman numerals (eg. (I),
> (II), etc) openoffice does autocomplete. If I press backspace when
> openoffice puts one in I find speech says nothing and Braille
> doesn't reflect the change. See below for the example I have used to
> test orca a few times to reproduce this. It seems present in orca
> 2.30.1 and also in current git (updated a few minutes ago).
>
> Problem two: Again when openoffice adds its autocomplete roman
> numeral I press backspace to remove it and then openoffice seems to
> become very unstable. Last time I got it to reproduce this I then
> pressed j and backspace a couple of times and openoffice crashed. I
> also have seen openoffice crash when I immediately press enter after
> the autocomplete of a roman numeral but when I last tried that one
> it didn't work. I am unsure exactly what versions of orca cause this
> crash, I don't think I caused it with orca 2.30.1 but I have caused
> it when running a couple of versions from git (one from a few
> minutes ago and one from a week or so ago).
>
> I am using debian unstable which I think has openoffice 3.2.0.
>
> Now here is what I was writing to try and reproduce what I thought I
> had initially seen (sometimes causes problem two, always causes
> problem one). NOTE: I have included what openoffice fills in as the
> autocomplete.
>
> (I) Hello world
> (II) Part two
> (III)
>
> Its when the (III) appears I backspace.
>
> I hope this is clear enough to follow. I thought as the two relate
> to one action it might be best to report both together as they may
> be related.
>
> Michael Whapples
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