[orca-list] Fwd: Re: Proposal: Eliminate the "gui setup" command line options

[Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs igalia com>]

Forwarding this to the list because I like to keep the conversation all
in one place.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [orca-list] Proposal: Eliminate the "gui setup" command
line options
Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 15:28:58 -0400
From: Jonathan Nadeau <j nadeau charter net>
To: Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs igalia com>

This all sounds good thanks for all your work Joanie!

On 05/11/2012 03:24 PM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> Hey guys.
>
> I'm looking over all of the command line options we have for setting up
> Orca initially:
>
> -t/--text-setup - We all seem to agree this should be kept
>
> -s/--setup/--gui-setup - Three ways to get into Orca's Preferences
> dialog, in addition to pressing Orca + Space or pressing the Preferences
> button should you have the main window enabled.
>
> -n/--no-setup - To request that you not be placed automatically in the
> Preferences dialog if your preferences cannot be found.
>
> Do we really need all of these? (I myself don't think so.)
>
> Beyond that, the current trend is for core functionality to not be seen
> as a separate application, but rather integrate it more as part of the
> desktop. In that spirit, GNOME wants to move Orca's preferences into the
> control center, similar to what Apple has done with OS X and Voice Over.
> If KDE would like to do the same, that would be super. Then all I would
> have to do is expose the settings to them and respond to changes. But
> that is a bit of a digression. The point, is this: We have five command
> line options which I don't think we need now, and which will ultimately
> be rendered obsolete.
>
> Before I rip out -s, --setup, --gui-setup, -n, and --no-setup, I wanted
> to ask if there was an overwhelming desire to retain them.
>
> Lastly, as a reminder, this has nothing to do with -t/--text-setup. They
> will remain.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Take care.
> --joanie