Re: [orca-list] Confidential diary/journaling with Orca and Ubuntu 18.04

[Christopher Gilland <clgilland07 gmail com>]

If I somehow implied it to be an Orca issue, then my apology. I agree. 
I'm pretty sure it's a Libreoffice issue. Which reminds me: Joni, have 
you gone up and reclassified that bug?


Chris.



On 07/07/2018 11:33 PM, Christopher Chaltain wrote:
> Yes, I think that's true, and I think it's a Libre Office issue and 
> not an Orca issue. I havn't really used Libre Office and Orca in this 
> way though, so I don't know for sure, but once it's worked out, then 
> it'll be another option, at least in my opinion.
>
>
> On 07/07/2018 10:29 PM, Christopher Gilland via orca-list wrote:
> > Actually, I have been told that in Libreoffice, there's an issue 
> > where structural navigation doesn't actually work correctly with 
> > anything aside table navigation with Orca. I'm not sure if Joni's 
> > gotten this fixed in the latest master or not. I don't believe she 
> > has though, and I'm not in front of my Linux laptop right this sec 
> > where I can test it out.
> >
> >
> > Chris.
> >
> >
> > On 07/07/2018 11:27 PM, Christopher Chaltain wrote:
> > > Yes, that's exactly what I mean. For example, use a heading 1 for 
> > > the year, a heading two for the month and a heading three for the 
> > > day. Now to jump from heading to heading, just turn on structural 
> > > navigation and use an 'h' to jump from heading to heading, or a '1' 
> > > to jump to each year, or a '2' to jump to the next month. Like I 
> > > said, I'm familiar with this in MS Word and JAWS, but I'd think the 
> > > same thing should work in Libre Office and Orca.
> > >
> > >
> > > On 07/07/2018 07:38 PM, Christopher Gilland wrote:
> > > > Christopher,
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > When you say hierarctical navigation, what exactly by that do you 
> > > > mean? Are you speaking of doing like you'd do in firefox in browse 
> > > > mode, by hitting H for heading, etc?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Chris.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 07/07/2018 07:14 PM, Christopher Chaltain via orca-list wrote:
> > > > > Personally, I use Org-mode in Emacs with Emacspeak for this, but I 
> > > > > know it may not be an option if you don't consider Emacs a 
> > > > > graphical application.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Another option, could be Libre office using heading tags and 
> > > > > hierarchical navigation with Orca. This will greatly reduce the 
> > > > > number of files you'll need. I do this with MS Word and JAWS on my 
> > > > > work machine. I think I've read though that there's a problem with 
> > > > > Libre Office and hierarchical navigation with Orca right now though.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > A mark down editor might also fit the bill, but I haven't gotten 
> > > > > into using one myself yet. Maybe someone else can provide some 
> > > > > options or tips.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On 07/07/2018 05:24 PM, Christopher Gilland via orca-list wrote:
> > > > > > So, I really need to get back into journaling. I won't obviously 
> > > > > > go into the specifics, but there are some things which I've been 
> > > > > > battling with now for
> > > > > > several years, and quite frankly, it's time that I finally get my 
> > > > > > thoughts out in writing to help with the healing process.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > So, firstly and foremost, my question to you all is, is there a 
> > > > > > particular package I can get with a graphical interface that 
> > > > > > works well with Orca which
> > > > > > you all know of which specifically is a diary/journal 
> > > > > > application? I'd want something that would be searchable 
> > > > > > obviously, or something allowing me at the
> > > > > > very least to log the date of the entry, then later be able to 
> > > > > > navigate easily to a particular date which I want to either read 
> > > > > > or edit.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'm totally, before anyone says anything aware that 
> > > > > > Librioffice-Writer would do wel for this to some degree.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I've never quite liked using a word processor though for 
> > > > > > journaling, as I've never really consistently been able to come 
> > > > > > up with a format for separating
> > > > > > entries. I've tried putting each entry in a journal folder giving 
> > > > > > each entry its own file, and letting the file name basically be 
> > > > > > the date, but that's
> > > > > > a bit clunky. I've tried putting a horizontal line all the way 
> > > > > > from the left margin to the right to separate each entry, then 
> > > > > > below that line, writing
> > > > > > the date of the following entry, but even that seems to me a 
> > > > > > little clunky.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > For searching purpose, I just don't know the best way to really 
> > > > > > go about this. That's really the main reason I want an actual 
> > > > > > diary based package.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > If you all think you may know a more neetly tity workflow, I'm 
> > > > > > opened to your suggestions.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Also, would like a way to be able to password protect the journal 
> > > > > > from prying eyes.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Chris.
> > > > > >
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