Re: [orca-list] How to write extension for ibus input method?

[Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs igalia com>]

Hi Cameron.

I'll take a look. But I know absolutely nothing about ibus-pinyin. What
steps do I need to take to launch/view the panel in question?

Thanks!
--joanie

On 03/22/2018 05:59 AM, Cameron Wong wrote:
> Hi developers,
>
> I am trying to make ibus-pinyin input method readable.
>
> I have hacked ibus package to call speech dispatcher to achieve my
> purpose directly in Ubuntu 14.04 and Ubuntu 16.04 without touching
> Orca's code in the pass years. In the old days, Orca did not read ibus
> input method at all.
>
> However, from Ubuntu 18.04 which switches to Gnome 3, Orca can read ibus
> input method panel a bit but far from good enough. I use accerciser to
> analyze ibus input method panel. It belongs to gnome-shell not its
> lauching process ibus-engine-pinyin. And there no properties that I can
> identified this panel belongs to ibus.
>
> So it there a way I can write app script to change the way Orca reads
> ibus input method panel?
>
> If there is no easy way to write a script to read ibus input method
> panel, is there a way to disable Orca reading ibus input method panel?
> Then I can read it in my old way.
>
> Or are there any other suggestions?
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
> Cameron Wong
>
>
>
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