Re: [orca-list] frequent switching languages

[Justin Harford <blindstein gmail com>]

Hi there 

Thanks for this. I'm not sure about a short cut key, but another possibility is that you could launch the 
script that you made from the terminal. 

./script 

Regards
Justin 
On 22-01-2012, at 2:40, rj wrote:

> Some time ago I asked if it would be possible to switch languages with a
> shortcut key.
>
> I have found a solution with a script that replaces the orca preference
> file with another one.
> But you have to click an icon on the desktop, does anyone know how to
> assign a shortcut key to a launcher?
>
> I made a launcher on the desktop for each language I frequently use.
> That launches a script that replaces the user-settings.py file with
> another one.
>
> You have to be familiar with command line to do this! And I don't
> guarantee the howto is fullproof.
>
> 1 Make a directory in your home folder with the name Orca-sw (or any
> other name you like)
>
> 2 You set orca to speak the language you want.
> Then you copy the user-settings.py in your ..orca directory to the new
> directory you have just made.
> under a slightly different descriptive name i.e. fr-user-settings.py
> (for french).
>
> cp /home/YOURHOMEdIR/.orca/user-settings.py /home/YOURHOMEdIR/Orca-sw/fr-user-settings.py
>
> 3 You make a script containing:
>       #! /bin
>       orca -q
>
> cp /home/YOURHOMEdIR/Orca-sw/fr-user-settings.py /home/YOURHOMEdIR/.orca/user-settings.py 
>       orca
>
> You can do this in gedit and save it in Orca-sw with the .sh extension.
> i.e. fr-orca.sh
>
> 4 You make a launcher for this script, right click somewhere on the
> desktop.
> name it descriptively i.e. fr-orca  with command:
> sh /home/YOURHOMEdIR/Orca-sw/fr-orca.sh
>
> you repeat the steps 2 to 4 for each frequently used language.
>
> Now you have an icon for every language you frequently use on your
> desktop.
> just double click to switch to that language. 
>
> If you make changes to preferences in orca afterwards they will be lost
> when you use the icons.
> To keep them you would have to copy the settings file again into
> Orca-sw.
>
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