Re: [orca-list] Gnome Conventions

[Christopher Chaltain <chaltain gmail com>]

You are correct. The changes you make go into effect immediately, and 
you can just close the System Settings application with the alt+f4 key.

On 12/17/2013 08:42 AM, Martin McCormick wrote:
>         I think I know now why I am having so much trouble with
> the vinux/gnome installation I am trying to perform. Firstly,
> the system appears to be working and talking exactly as it
> should. The problem has always occurred after I got in to the
> preferences button and began setting the shell parameters such
> as type of keyboard, time/date and a few other things. That
> always has worked.
>
>         After reading some more documentation, it appears that
> the Preferences application doesn't automatically exit or
> present you with some sort of button or link that says "Done,
> Finished, etc." Is this correct? I saw a "quit" button but that
> means to quit orca, not that one is through setting preferences
> for now.
>
>         If that is all true, then so far, the problem is simply
> with what happens versus what I expected to happen.
>
>         I thought the fact that there was no positive
> termination of the Preferences window meant I had not entered
> some key parameter so I kept looking for more things to set.
> Everything was either set the way I need it to be set or I was
> able to set it correctly as I went through.
>
>         Part of this is I am paranoid about this particular
> computer as I had nothing but technical problems with earlier
> versions of ubuntu and speech. Orca just never ran or would fail
> to do much of anything if one happened to get it to say,
> "Welcome to Orca."
>
>         I really thank those on this list for the answers I have
> gotten so far. If what I was saying earlier is correct, then I
> think I will have a working  Orca shell later today.
>
> Martin
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