Re: [orca-list] Breaking up Key Echo types. Where does space go?

[Milton <milton duurzaamdigitaal org>]

I'm with José +1
Milton

Op 10-11-15 om 08:45 schreef José Vilmar Estácio de Souza:
> Hi Joanie.
> I like to hear the characters while I'm typing .
> So I prefer the previous behavior.
> Thanks.
>
> On 11/10/2015 12:27 AM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> > Hey all.
> >
> > In response to a couple of feature requests, I'm breaking up the current
> > "alphanumeric and punctuation" echo into three types:
> >
> > * Alphabetical
> > * Numeric
> > * Punctuation
> >
> > Right now, space is being echoed as part of alphanumeric and punctuation
> > even though technically a space is neither alphanumeric nor punctuation.
> > The rationale for space being included there was that alphanumeric and
> > punctuation were printable characters and space is also printable. With
> > this new division into three classes, I'm having a harder time
> > justifying inclusion of space in any of the above. So where do you think
> > it belongs?
> >
> > I myself am leaning towards "action," which may also be a stretch.
> > However, Tab and Return are echoed as part of action because they are
> > action keys in the context of GUI widgets. And in a GUI, Space does
> > activate certain widgets. Plus, when Tab and Return are used in
> > multiline editable widgets, they insert whitespace, just like the space
> > key does. So... Space is an action key, right? <grins>
> >
> > Silliness aside, please tell me where you want space to go with respect
> > to this new division of key echo types.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > --joanie
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