Re: [orca-list] Proposal: Remove the "alternative keybinding" support from Orca, requesting clarification

["Albert Sten-Clanton" <albert e sten_clanton verizon net>]

Greetings!  Sorry for my confusion, but I don't know what "alternative key
bindings" refers to.  For example, if they are removed, would it effect
using the numpad keys to read word, line, etc.?  I'm assuming for this
example that you want to use the numpad keys for checking out the screen
rather than to type in numbers.  Just trying to understand the proposed
change.  Thanks!

Al 

-----Original Message-----
From: orca-list-bounces gnome org [mailto:orca-list-bounces gnome org] On
Behalf Of Dave Hunt
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 2:16 PM
To: Joanmarie Diggs
Cc: orca-list gnome org
Subject: Re: [orca-list] Proposal: Remove the "alternative keybinding"
support from Orca

If the alternative binding option is as redundant as you say, and removing
the code for populating the column(s) would be an improvement to Orca, get
rid of the option.  Perhaps a wiki entry, explaining how to add alternative
bindings in 'orca-customizations.py' can be provided.


-Dave




On 01/02/2012 02:10 PM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> Hey all.
>
> Given that:
> * All alternative keybindings which Orca comes with by default no
>    longer exist, having been removed when we re-enabled NumPad keys.
> * You can bind, rebind, and unbind keybindings as you need to.
> * You can use profiles if you sometimes need one keybinding for a
>    command and other times another keybinding for that same command.
> * You can manually add alternative bindings via orca-customizations.py.
>
> I propose the following:
>
> 1. We remove the alternative keybinding column from Orca's GUI (along
>     with the code required to support populating and managing them in
>     that tree).
> 2. We add official documentation to Orca which explains how to add an
>     alternative binding via orca-customizations.py for those rare
>     occasions this functionality simply must be had.
>
> Discussion? +1/-1?
>
> Thanks and take care.
> --joanie
>
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