Re: [orca-list] Coding new commands for Orca

[Majid Hussain <mhussaincov93 gmail com>]

hi chris
welcome back after your time away from us!
found this that may be of use it's more of an overview but may assist you:
https://developer.gnome.org/accessibility-devel-guide/3.32/accessibility-devel-guide.html

and a comment from another poster found in the orca archives states thusly:
The only up to date technical documentation that exists consists of comments
in the Orca source files. There may be a paper describing Orca available on
the Web, written when Orca was first created, but it won't help much with the
questions you're asking.
i'm aware this is not much, but it's what my hunting gave me,
I look forward to your addons i.e battery status to orca main not
using pluggin systems which at the end of the day are added on and not
apart of orca yet.
curious, which distribution you with?
Majid

On 10/08/2019, chrys <chrys linux-a11y org> wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> You can take a look at SOPS - Simple Orca Plugin System.
> it can
> - read clipboard
> - read battery status
> - read network connection and some other stuff
> and a lot more.
>
> it can do 2 different types of plugins 1. basic shell scripts and return
> the output to the user or 2. advancedd plugins using orcas "API"
>
> you can use this as examples.
> The Loader:
> https://github.com/chrys87/simple-orca-plugin-system
> The Plugins:
> https://github.com/chrys87/SOPS-Plugins
> Some Docu:
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Simple_Orca_Plugin_System
>
>
> the plugin loader could need some help if you want ;). would be cool if
> someone wanna help with that :).
>
> cheers chrys
> Am 10.08.19 um 02:05 schrieb Chris Norman via orca-list:
> > 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,
> >
> > --
> >
> > Take care,
> >
> > Chris Norman
> >
> >
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> > Orca wiki: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Orca
> > Orca documentation: https://help.gnome.org/users/orca/stable/
> > GNOME Universal Access guide:
> > https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/a11y.html


-- 
kind regards,
Majid Hussain