Re: [orca-list] in laptop-mode the Caps-Lock key kept pressed after using flat review

[Jude DaShiell <jdashiel panix com>]

Capslock isn't a special key in speakup unless you change default key to
capslock.  Now on laptops speakup does have capslock set as a special
key but on desktops which I use it's the insert keys.

On Wed, 23 May 2018, Micha? Zegan wrote:

> Date: Wed, 23 May 2018 06:07:56
> From: Micha? Zegan <webczat_200 poczta onet pl>
> To: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel panix com>, Alex ARNAUD <alexarnaud hypra fr>,
>     Milton <milton duurzaamdigitaal org>, orca <ORCA-LIST gnome org>
> Subject: Re: [orca-list] in laptop-mode the Caps-Lock key kept pressed after
>     using flat review
>
> hmm from what I know, speakup uses the capslock as a special key, so you
> normally need shift+caps to toggle it, so not a kernel bug
>
> W dniu 23.05.2018 o?11:48, Jude DaShiell pisze:
> > This very probably is not an orca regression and is very probably a
> > linux kernel problem.  My reason for writing this is the first time I
> > encountered this problem orca wasn't even on the system I was running.
> > I was running in espeakup.  In espeakup if you push the capslock key and
> > then start typing normally you get upper-case characters.  To get
> > lower-case characters you have to hold down the shift key.  To turn
> > capslock off, as I wrote earlier hold down the shift key nd tap capslock
> > once then release both keys.  Saves necessity for a reboot when it
> > works.
> >
> > On Wed, 23 May 2018, Alex ARNAUD wrote:
> >
> > > Date: Wed, 23 May 2018 05:28:13
> > > From: Alex ARNAUD <alexarnaud hypra fr>
> > > To: Milton <milton duurzaamdigitaal org>, Jude DaShiell <jdashiel panix com>,
> > >     orca <ORCA-LIST gnome org>
> > > Subject: Re: [orca-list] in laptop-mode the Caps-Lock key kept pressed after
> > >     using flat review
> > >
> > > Le 23/05/2018 ? 11:20, Milton a ?crit?:
> > > > I have this problem with Orca 2.38.0 that comes with Ubuntu 18.04 and also
> > > > with 3.28.3 I dowloaded and installed from
> > >
> > > Do you mean the issue doesn't appear with Orca 3.26 ?
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > > Alex.

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