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

["B. Henry" <burt1iband gmail com>]

Yes, I'm against auto detection also as I almost always use desktolp layout, often using an external keyboard 
with my laptops and using the laptop 
function key to give me a temporary keypad for orca flat review, speakup review, etc. 
The other thing I recommend to people who are not big fans of laptop layouts is to carry a usb numpd around. 
Much smaller and lighter than a full sized 
keyboard, and often very comfortable.


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  Tom Masterson wrote:
Mon, Mar 07, 2016 at 07:43:20AM -0800

> 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

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