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

[Keith Barrett <lists barrettpianos co uk>]

Hi Joanie,

Thanks so much for this work around, , it is fantastic now!

Really appreciate the lengths you go to to keep us all happy.

Thanks

Keith



On 08/02/18 17:04, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> I've just committed a work-around to Orca -- once which is targeted to
> the specific problem. I want to stress that reversing the patch as Hypra
> has done can have all sorts of consequences including:
>
> * Orca speaking things which are not showing to end users (i.e. not in
>    the user interface at all)
> * Orca changing it's "locus of focus" to such a non-existent object.
>
> At best that can lead to chattiness; at worst it can lead to Orca not
> presenting what you're really in because Orca thinks you're in this
> non-existing object.
>
> Hypra would be well advised to undo their revert. Hopefully my addition
> to the fix Hypra reverted will address this problem. Please let me know.
>
> Thanks!
> --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.