Re: [orca-list] New terminal script. Please test.

[Devin Prater <r d t prater gmail com>]

Thank you so much for this. Can't wait until this is a part of Sonar.

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On August 23, 2016 4:51:47 AM kendell clark <coffeekingms gmail com> wrote:

> hi
> Oh no worries, sleep well. I just figured I'd mention it before someone
> else did, figuring it was another orca bug or something. This is
> fantastic, I can finally play alter aeon without sometimes losing track
> of what's going on lol.
> Thanks
> Kendell Clark
>
>
> Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> > Hey Kendell.
> >
> > Thanks for testing. Regarding reading the entire line plus the output,
> > I'll see if I can tweak the heuristic. I need to take a nap first, but
> > later today....
> >
> > --joanie
> >
> > On 08/23/2016 05:33 AM, kendell clark wrote:
> > > hi
> > > This is much much better. Terminals that use vte 3.x, like mate terminal
> > > if built with gtk3 and gnome-terminal no longer skip or fail to read
> > > incoming stuff that I can tell, and I tested with alter aeon, a text
> > > based game that can give you a ton of output  all at once to dig
> > > through. Terminals that use vte 2.x don't skip, but what I've noticed is
> > > that when you're typing a command, such as ls, and then press enter,
> > > orca will read the entire line plus the output. So you'd get, for
> > > example kendell@tigger ~$ls. Audio books music videos ... etc etc.
> > > That's not a complaint though, it's a lot better than not reading at all.
> > > Thanks
> > > Kendell Clark
> > >
> > >
> > > Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> > > > Hey Kendell.
> > > >
> > > > There is a heuristic hack in place now to try to work around VTE not
> > > > giving us the correct information when text is inserted. Hopefully that
> > > > will also solve what you're seeing in vte 2.x. Let me know either way.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks!
> > > > --joanie
> > > >
> > > > On 08/23/2016 05:08 AM, kendell clark wrote:
> > > > > hi
> > > > >
> > > > > I'll get right on it. Could this new script possibly fix the issue of
> > > > > orca not presenting text or cutting off the first letter of the first
> > > > > word of the text in terminals which use vte 2.x? Don't worry I'll test
> > > > > for myself, just curious.
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > > Kendell Clark
> > > > >
> > > > > On 08/23/2016 04:00 AM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> > > > > > Hey all.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I've just committed a new script for accessible terminal objects. It
> > > > > > should work with terminals Orca can see, and not require special mapping
> > > > > > for applications. Notes:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 1. You should do a clean build, autogen, etc.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 2. KDE's Konsole, at least for me in Fedora 24, is not an accessible
> > > > > >     terminal. The rest of the app shows up in Accerciser; the terminal
> > > > > >     object does not. If Orca cannot see it, Orca cannot present it.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 3. I've fixed a couple of Orca bugs, and worked around a couple of
> > > > > >     VTE issues, in the process.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks for testing!
> > > > > > --joanie
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