Re: [orca-list] orca makes qt5 applications extremely unstable (or maybe at-spi ?)

[Jude DaShiell <jdashiel panix com>]

> From what I understand, the orca dependency stack is needed on a machine 
with the kde desktop just to be able to install and set up jovie.  A 
system would need enough of mate or gnome for orca to run and even then 
jovie would only be able to speak qt apps so yes kde-accessibility will be 
limited.  On Thu, 1 Dec 2016, Tyna Pelletier-Bilodeau wrote:

> Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2016 10:16:25
> From: Tyna Pelletier-Bilodeau <ecole tyna gmail com>
> To: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel panix com>, Orca List <orca-list gnome org>
> Subject: Re: [orca-list] orca makes qt5 applications extremely unstable (or
>     maybe at-spi ?)
>
> Hi there,
> as far as I can tell, Jovie is an application to use with the KDE desktop 
> only. Furthermore, it does not support everything, and isn't yet asynchronous 
> (to prevent system lockups). This is not for qt apps, though KDE is in qt 
> itself. Do correct me if I'm wrong though.
>
> Jude DaShiell a ?crit :
> > I understood from reading the kde-accessibility email list once that orca 
> > isn't used to read qt and that reading qt is something jovie is supposed to 
> > do for you once you get jovie set up.  Apparently jovie specializes in 
> > reading qt applications but does not read anything else.
> >
> > On Thu, 1 Dec 2016, Tyna Pelletier-Bilodeau wrote:
> >
> > > Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2016 05:28:04
> > > From: Tyna Pelletier-Bilodeau <ecole tyna gmail com>
> > > To: Orca List <orca-list gnome org>
> > > Subject: [orca-list] orca makes qt5 applications extremely unstable (or 
> > > maybe
> > >     at-spi ?)
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > > recently I've been using pcmanfm-qt from git as my primary file manager, 
> > > because they finally switched away from qt4 in their development version, 
> > > due to the fact I was extremely annoyed at every gtk file manager for 
> > > popping that useless search bar every time I type a letter instead of 
> > > bringing me to the first file starting with that letter. However I've been 
> > > constantly struggling with it, and had to keep the gtk2 version of pcmanfm 
> > > nearby for most things (i.e: copy/paste, cut/paste, ...) The problems here 
> > > seem to be hit at random (I can go in a directory, go back from it without 
> > > crash, but the next time I do that pcmanfm will crash). I think those are 
> > > really important to fix, as none of them happens when orca isn't running. 
> > > I tried using accerciser but it failed, I'm no expert <smiles>. My distro 
> > > is archlinux up to date. For those who want to test (if any), the package 
> > > is pcmanfm-qt-git in the AUR. Also I use orca master up to date as of 
> > > yesterday.
> > > Thanks
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> > > Orca wiki: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Orca
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> > > GNOME Universal Access guide: 
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