[orca-list] VSCode-compose: run VSCode on a remote server and connect via any modern browser

[Nolan Darilek <nolan thewordnerd info>]

Figured someone might be interested in this since VSCode is an Electron 
app and we can't yet run those:


https://github.com/codercom/code-server


I browse via Chrome OS these days, with a Linux session running in 
Crouton, but I've had some success running this. I've connected via 
Chrome, could successfully navigate my project's tree view, etc.


Unfortunately I can't quite make the edit area accessible. I know this 
edit widget is accessible, but because it runs on a server, the screen 
reader detection doesn't work to make it accessible. Tabbing to it 
speaks something about pressing Alt-f1 to enable accessibility mode, but 
I think the browser intercepts that. There's probably a setting to 
explicitly enable screen reader mode, but I haven't gotten that far.


Anyhow, maybe there's someone more proficient at VSCode than I am who'd 
like to try this out under Linux, and who could figure out how to 
explicitly enable accessibility in the editor. If not, I'll push this 
forward tomorrow and report any findings. But the nice thing about the 
internet is tossing out cool things like these and seeing if anyone else 
figures them out before you can come back to them. ;)


Enjoy.