Re: [orca-list] Question about capitalization styles

[Zahari Yurukov <zahari yurukov gmail com>]

Hi Joanie,
I get it - you want capitalization to be permanently on for some
controlls by default,  for example text fields, but not for others, like
buttons, checkboxes, etc, where it could be turned on when needed.
So in addition to the combo box for choosing the capitalization style,
you propose a group of check boxes, which will enable/disable the
capitalization for individual controlls or group of controlls. The
question is what those controlls or group of controls should be.
I use it mostly in editable fields, so that's one distinction we could
make - editable VS non-editable.
I also use it in terminal windows with flat review, so may be flat
review VS system carrot VS Orca's cursor.
And what about Firefox? May be Focus mode VS Browse mode, or that should
fall in the above.
What's left? May be notifications, automatically appearing text, reading
of the selection, system messages.
I think it's easy to forget something. Perhaps "All cases" check box
will be a safe option. Or may be "All the rest cases".
May be the "Where am I" command should be included as well.
I have nothing against options, as long as I don't end up some day
wanting to know the capitalization of some word, but not been able to do so.

Best wishes,
Zahari

On 26.11.2015 14:31, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> Hey Zahari, all.
>
> On 11/26/2015 06:06 AM, Zahari Yurukov wrote:
>
> > Current behaviour is perfect.
>
> I thought so too -- until I added the GUI and used it. <smiles> Try the
> new GUI option, now in master, to permanently choose icon. Apply the
> settings. Then tab around Orca's preferences dialog. To me it sounds
> like a woodpecker in a petrified forest. I can, of course, use my bound
> keybinding to cycle it to None, but I think some further option is
> called for to preserve sanity.
>
> > one could want to determine the capitalization for the infinite number of reasons.
>
> I fully agree. So whatever the limitation is, it would have to be
> configurable. So let's say we agree that by default, capitalization
> styles should not be used in Foos. I'd add a "enable capitalization
> styles in Foos" checkbox which would be disabled by default. Would that
> address your concerns?
>
> > Though the "Spell" option doesn't work here (I don't know why).
>
> Not sure. But all Orca does is tell speech-dispatcher which of its
> options it should use. So I would file a bug against speech-dispatcher.
>
> --joanie