Re: [orca-list] orca gnome3 and archlinux

[Peter Vágner <pvdeejay gmail com>]

Hello,
I've finally found what I think is a recommended material to novice 
gnome 3 aka gnome shell users.
https://web.archive.org/web/20130416212239/http://accessiblefreedom.org/wiki/index.php?title=GNOME_Shell

Greetings

Peter

On 16.07.2015 at 09:51 Peter Vágner wrote:
> Hello,
> Just a little addendum to this.
> If you would like to see your apps you can press super+a from anywhere.
> You will get a grid of icons. By default it will display most 
> frequently used apps. On my system it displays 17 apps in three rows 
> where first two rows list six apps from left to right and the third 
> one displays five remaining apps from left to right.
> Below this frequently used apps overview there are two more icons 
> saying all apps and frequently used apps. Pressing one of these 
> changes the grid view accordingly.
> You can navigate using all four arrow keys in this view and you can 
> activate the icons with enter key.
>
> I remember sometimes a while ago Dave Hunt has written an excelent 
> wiki article explaining how gnome shell is organized pointing 
> differences from gnome 2 and outlining how to use it with orca running 
> however I can no longer find that article. I will try to look up 
> something similar as I think something like this might help you.
>
> Greetings
>
> Peter
>
> +421911554242
>
> On 16.07.2015 at 03:06 Kyle wrote:
> > I think the main problem is the fact that GNOME 3.x is very different
> > from GNOME 2.x. For example, alt+f1 puts you in an overview window,
> > where you can search for applications, files, settings controls, etc.
> > If you are new to the GNOME 3.x experience, then you may find it a bit
> > daunting. For an experience that is much more like the older but more
> > familiar GNOME 2.x, try installing MATE.
> >
> > sudo pacman -S mate mate-extra
> >
> > should get you going at this point. Once that's installed, just choose
> > MATE from GDM's session menu, since you already have GDM from when you
> > installed GNOME. Then just hit the Orca shortcut key, alt+super+s,
> > which should get you up and talking. Hope this helps.
> > Sent from Shoeless Joe Jackson's lost shoes
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> > http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-access-guide/nightly/ats-2.html
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