Re: [orca-list] Let's decide about how to deal with ellipses (was Re: bug regarding punctuation?)

[Al Sten-Clanton <albert e sten_clanton verizon net>]

1.  No, though I presume it should say "elipsis" or the like.

2.  Yes.

Al


On 11/27/2015 4:05 PM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> Hey all.
>
> The problem turned out to be Orca treating any series of three periods
> in a row as an ellipsis for the purpose of saying "dot dot dot." I've
> now adjusted that so that it only treats three to four periods in a row
> followed by whitespace or the end of string as an ellipsis. That should
> make things saner.
>
> This does once again raise the question of what, if anything Orca should
> do about ellipses. Kendell periodically raises it, no one else says
> anything, and I have no opinions, so the topic dies. Given what the
> source of the bug was <insert eyeroll here>, I now have an opinion. My
> opinion is that you must have an opinion. <grins>
>
> 1. Given a unicode ellipsis char, should Orca turn it to "dot dot dot"?
>     Yes or no.
>
> 2. Given a series of periods functioning as an ellipsis, should Orca
>     force speak "dot dot dot" ignoring your punctuation level?
>     Yes or no.
>
> Me, I don't care much either way. I would, however, like to reach
> consensus what the desired behavior is, and either document your wishes
> in the code or rip the code out.
>
> Thanks!
> --joanie
>
>
> On 11/27/2015 02:32 PM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> > Actually, I misread/reversed what you were saying. I'll investigate. Thanks!
> > --joanie
> >
> > On 11/27/2015 12:52 PM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> > > Hey José.
> > >
> > > I'm pretty sure it's by design. But if everyone thinks the design is
> > > wrong, I can make that change. Let's see what others think.
> > >
> > > --joanie
> > >
> > > On 11/27/2015 12:38 PM, José Vilmar Estácio de Souza wrote:
> > > > Hi all.
> > > > I am not sure if this is a bug or is by design.
> > > >
> > > > To reproduce try the following steps:
> > > > 1. Launch gedit.
> > > > 2. Make sure that the Punctuation Level is set to all.
> > > > 3. Type the following text, without the quotations:
> > > > 'This is a test.......'
> > > > 4. Read the text using up/down arrow.
> > > > Result:
> > > > Orca reads this is a test 7 dot characters.
> > > > 5. change the Punctuation Level value to a value other than all.
> > > > 6. Read the text using up/down arrow.
> > > > Result:
> > > > Orca reads this is a test.......
> > > >
> > > > My question:
> > > > The results in step 4 and step 6 shouldn't b the same?
> > > > Thanks.
> >
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