Re: [orca-list] FOR REVIEW: Re: orca getting stuck or missing lines in libreoffice writer

[Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs igalia com>]

Since we cannot get LibreOffice to fix their bugs, and since I guess
Hypra also lacks the resources to fix this where it belongs, I'll see
about a more targeted work around. Reversing this patch as described
below potentially introduces more problems than it might fix.

--joanie

On 02/08/2018 06:41 AM, Alex ARNAUD wrote:
> Le 08/02/2018 à 11:10, Keith Barrett a écrit :
> > Is this a known issue and is there a work around?
>
> Yes, it is a known issue:
> https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109398
>
> > Debian sid libreoffice writer 6.0.
> >
> > in a document with more than 6 pages, when arrowing through the
> > document, some lines are not announced and eventually, speech stops
> > responding in a whole section.  This does not happen in short documents.
>
> Joanie committed the patch "0c8ea541454fc7b29eb12abac8f6baff690a6649"
> which stopped the existing workaround.
>
> Given the important consequences on Libreoffice usage, but understanding
> why Joanie did this, Hypra reverted the patch in our Orca release for
> our users.
>
> It does not mean that we wait for this bug to be fixed upstream, but we
> ensure the best user experience waiting for having ourselves the time to
> look at it. We are discussing with Libreoffice, and have this bug at top
> of our priorities (in LO at least, in parallel with Firefox bugs). If
> this approach appears safe enough, maybe Joanie could accept to revert
> the patch waiting for we find a solution?
>
> Best regards.