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

[Storm Dragon <stormdragon2976 gmail com>]

Hi,
+1 for getting rid of the extra command line options. However, I would like to keep -n for those rare times when you don't want prefs to come up automatically. Of course if the settings go into control pannel then that option would no longer be useful. I would like for Orca to keep its preferences dialog, but I really can't come up with a clear reason why. The only thing that comes to mind is we are not Apple, and yet, everything is moving toward a more Apple like look. Lol I guess it's just... If I wanted an Apple I would get an Apple thinking. Anyway, enough rambling, I'll give it a +1 vote.
Thanks
Storm

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On Fri, 2012-05-11 at 15:24 -0400, 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
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