Re: [orca-list] working combination of Orca and Libreoffice needed badly!

[Peter Rayner <peter julien rayner gmail com>]

Here is the message I sent to the orca list on July 25:

> I don't think this is an orca problem but before I chase it much
> further thought I'd ask here.
> When I turn on "record changes" in the changes menu of the libreoffice
> writer I no longer see characters I add to a line.
> to duplicate this
> 1) open a new document
> 2) turn on record changes in the changes submenu of the edit menu
> 3) enter some text then arrow back over it.
> I don't hear the characters spoken, nor does the word get echoed when
> I hit space at the end of a word.
> 4) now hit <end> then <return> then up-arrow. The line is now spoken
> but new characters inserted are not noticed.
> This seems to happen whenever "record changes" is turned on
> independent of whether "show" is turned on or not.
>
> Before I try to isolate this further I'd be grateful if someone else
> can verify it, otherwise it's something in my setup. This is running
> orca 3.5.3 pre from git  and libreoffice 3.5.5.3 under fedora 17.
>
> I've filed a bug at freedesktop.org but no response after a few weeks.
> cheers
> Peter

I can confirm after other tests that the problem goes away if you turn
off "record changes" so this is a workaround. Looking at orca debug
output the "visible" calls look different depending on whether "record
changes" is turned on or not.
I hope I've submitted bug 50926 to bugs.freedesktop.org but haven't
seen a response in several months. 
This regression is a nuisance since the only reason I use libreoffice
is my barbaric collaborators who refuse to use LATeX and who insist on
"track changes" for collaborating. Is OpenOffice still an option?
Would it help?
regards
Peter



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