Re: [orca-list] New Member and a Question

[Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs igalia com>]

Hi Brandon.

I'll take a look at the Pluma spell checker and add support to it in
Orca. Thanks!

--joanie

On 10/2/18 12:56 AM, Brandon Tyson via orca-list wrote:
> Hello,
>
> My name is Brandon Tyson. I've recently started using Linux on my
> laptop with Ubuntu Mate 18.04 with Orca. I've subscribed to the list
> so that I can learn from others as well as help out when I can.
>
> I've also done a bit with building Orca from source code and running that.
>
> On a similar note, another user was discussing with me about how the
> spell checker in the Pluma Text Editor in Ubuntu Mate is not as
> accessible as the spell checker in, for example, LibreOffice Writer or
> GEdit.
>
> After some investigation, it was determined that if you take the
> scripts for GEdit, copy them into a new folder named pluma and then
> use the spell checker, Orca is able to read the misspelled word, spell
> it, read and spell the suggestions and read the misspelled word in
> context as is the case in other applications.
>
> I'm not sure how to go about pushing this to the repository or what
> process needs to happen for this to take place, so I was wondering if
> I could please have some help with this? As mentioned before, all
> that's necessary, at least what seems to be necessary, is to take the
> existing GEdit scripts and place them in a folder named pluma.
>
> Thank you very much for your time and I look forward to any assistance
> you are willing to provide, and I also look forward to learning more
> about Orca.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Brandon Tyson