Re: [orca-list] intermittent orca key problems

[Steve Holmes <steve holmes88 gmail com>]

Can't say I've experienced either of these.

On Thu, Nov 04, 2010 at 09:06:47AM -0500, Robert D. Crawford wrote:
> Have I broken some sort of list etiquette or has no one seen the two
> problems I have mentioned?  The first one, speaking "ghost" items under
> the mouse is here:
>
> http://mail.gnome.org/archives/orca-list/2010-October/msg00409.html
>
> and the firefox shortcuts key problem is here:
>
> http://mail.gnome.org/archives/orca-list/2010-November/msg00004.html
>
> The problem with the ghost objects I can live with.  I just don't use
> that feature in orca.  The lack of keyboard shortcuts in firefox is a
> real problem, though.  I can't speak the rest of the document and I
> can't open the preferences dialog.  If I hit insert+space it scrolls the
> document.
>
> Has anyone had any of these problems or am I the only one?  I'm not
> trying to be snitty here, I've been using free software for many years
> now and always do my best to be humble, understanding and respectful of
> other's time.  I have just never seen the time where I was the only one
> who had seen a particular problem.
>
> Thanks for any assistance that can be offered.
>
> Respectfully,
> rdc
>
> "Robert D. Crawford" <robdcraw gmail com> writes:
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > Sometimes my orca key, set to insert, changes itself to caps lock.  I
> > currently use my caps lock key as a hyper modifier in emacs/emacspeak
> > and have both the insert key and the windows logo key set as insert via
> > .Xmodmap.
> >
> > Another problem is that the keyboard shortcuts sometimes don't work at
> > all.  Trying to open the preferences dialog or the firefox preferences
> > dialog don't fails.  I noticed this when trying to read the rest of the
> > document via insert+semicolon in firefox.  This did, however work in
> > gedit.
> >
> > I am running Orca 2.32.0under Ubuntu 10.10.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > rdc
>
> -- 
> Robert D. Crawford                                     robdcraw gmail com
>
> I'm going to give my psychoanalyst one more year, then I'm going to Lourdes.
>               -- Woody Allen
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