Re: [orca-list] State of accessibility in GNOME/Others, from an absentee

[Jean-Philippe MENGUAL <texou actux eu org>]

On samedi 06 juil. 2013 à 11:35:46 (-0400), Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> Hi Jean-Philippe.
>
> As I already stated on the mailing list, I will look into it.

ah sorry. I believed you said you cannot reproduce the bug and that you thought
it only happent on Firefox. Hence my clarification. Fine if you intend to look
into it, don't hesitate if I can help by testing.

Regards,

> --joanie
>
> On 07/06/2013 11:29 AM, Jean-Philippe MENGUAL wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Well I think I've tested orca in the most classical currens conditions: Sonar
> > (gnome3.8, lxde), Vinux (lxde), Debian (gnome3.4 classic and gnome-shell). 
> > I really would like to know is the bug I mentioned here is known, as it appears
> > on all orca releases 3.4 and newer. Beyond the bug on Firefox, the problem is
> > more global: anywhere in the desktop (for example in main screen of Orca or
> > in Preferences dialog), if I lock the numpad to enter numbers, no orca function
> > work. If I do Ins-t (Ins from the keyboard, not keypad), it inserts a t, instead
> > of saying clock. Ins-space doesn't open pref, only enters a space.
> >
> > Should I report? it's a big bug for some cases such as French PC.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > On mercredi 03 juil. 2013 à 21:11:41 (+0200), Jean-Philippe MENGUAL wrote:
> > > On mardi 02 juil. 2013 à 07:10:10 (-0400), Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> > > > On 07/01/2013 05:06 PM, Jean-Philippe MENGUAL wrote:
> > > > > When numlock is on:
> > > > > 1. In Firefox, we cannot browse anymore with arrow keys of the PC keyboard;
> > > >
> > > > That is because, sadly, Orca has to control the caret in Firefox. Thus
> > > > the arrow keys are actually Orca commands.
> > > >
> > > > > 2. In other places, shortcuts of orca don't work (such as insert-t, or insert-f,
> > > > > insert being on the PC keyboard and not 0).
> > > >
> > > > Those are, of course, Orca commands.
> > >
> > > Yes. And these orca commands don't work. I explain: I turn on the numlock.
> > > I define Insert (of PC keyboard, not of numpad) as orca key. I do ins-t. Instead
> > > of saying the clock, it writes a t. So, when numlock is on, orca's functions
> > > don't seem to work. Am I alone experiencing this?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > > > How should I report the bug?
> > > >
> > > > The bug, which is that Orca has no idea that you even gave any Orca
> > > > commands when NumLock is depressed, was filed already against AT-SPI:
> > > > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=384850
> > > >
> > > > --joanie
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