[orca-list] Coding new commands for Orca

[Chris Norman <chris norman2 googlemail com>]

Hi all,

I've just come back to Linux after another long hiatus, and upon discovering that Orca is mostly written in Python, I'd like to have a stab at assisting with development.

I won't make any promises, but I thought I'd start off with something simple. It seems there's (currently) no way to check battery status with a quick command, so that seems like a good place to start.

It seems in cmdnames.py there's loads of constants which are linked to what looks like gettext calls, but I'm not sure where the handler functions themselves are created.

Is there a document I can read about coding for Orca? or any kind of pointer(s) at all?

Thanks in advance, and as usual, good job to everyone involved with Linux's accessibility. It's come on so far since the dark days! :)

Cheers,

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Take care,

Chris Norman