Re: [orca-list] autodetection of keyboard layouts?

[Tom Masterson <kd7cyu gmail com>]

I would go for an initial doalog asking which keyboard perhaps.  I would 
not really like autodetection as one of my laptops actually has a full 
keyboard so the desktop layout is great.  I find that even on my standard 
laptop keyboard I don't like the capslock as an orca key because it also 
seems to turn caps on and off at the same time and since I use braille 
often with no speech on at all I don't recognize it until I start typing 
and if it is a pssword I am typing it really mucks up the works.

Tom

On Mon, 7 Mar 2016, Alex ARNAUD wrote:

> On 03/06/2016 10:21 AM, kendell clark wrote:
>       hi all
>       This is a feature I've been pondering over for a while. Would it be
>       possible to add code to orca which would autodetect the type of computer
>       you're running on, desktop or laptop, and automatically activate that
>       keyboard layout? I'm asking because when I installed sonar on my mac,
>       whic has no insert key or number pad, I had to run orca -s to get to the
>       prefs dialog where I could change the keyboard layout. This isn't a big
>       deal, but if orca could autodetect the presence of a laptop, it would
>       make it that much easier.
>
> It could be great to have a initial configuration setup dialog at the first Orca start or maybe just the 
> choice between dasktop or laptop like in NVDA.
>
> Best regards.
>
> -- 
> Alex ARNAUD
>
>
> --
> Alex ARNAUD