Re: [orca-list] Google chrome and orca

[John Covici <covici ccs covici com>]

Orca seems to work under python 3.6, having some other problems with
speech dispatcher and a gnome problem which I will post about in
another thread.

On Sat, 01 Feb 2020 15:11:54 -0500,
Andy Borka via orca-list wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> You can install python 3.7 even if you use 3.6 for other projects. Orca can
> use 3.7 or 3.8 by giving it the python version during autoconf.
>
> From in the source repository, type:
>
> PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3.7 ./autogen.sh
> sudo make
> sudo make install
>
> Then restart Orca. Everything should work from that point. Make sure you
> install python3.7 first though.
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 7:56 AM John Covici <covici ccs covici com> wrote:
>
> > 3.6 is what I am using at the moment, I can't use 3.7 otherwise I have
> > to rebuild lots of other packages.
> >
> > On Thu, 30 Jan 2020 06:48:53 -0500,
> > Andy Borka via orca-list wrote:
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> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > What version of Python are you building Orca with? In the past, I found
> > > that it makes a huge difference. Try using at least Python 3.7. 3.8 might
> > > improve performance slightly, but I haven't had a chance to test yet.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 2:15 AM John Covici <covici ccs covici com>
> > wrote:
> > > > OK, after a long! compile I do have access to chrome.  Thanks
> > > > everyone for all the hard work!! One thing is that I am unable to set
> > > > a key binding for toggling layout mode.  It says modified and its
> > > > unchecked, but pressing the space bar does nothing.  In firefox, I
> > > > don't even see the possibility for toggling layout mode.  Am I doing
> > > > something wrong, or is this a bug or what?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, 27 Jan 2020 15:00:07 -0500,
> > > > Didier Spaier wrote:
> > > > > Hello John,
> > > > >
> > > > > 81.0.4033.2 should work correctly as I have 81.0.4021.2 which is
> > already
> > > > > good enough.
> > > > >
> > > > > I wrote a startup script /usr/bin/chrome with this content:
> > > > >
> > > > > #!/bin/sh
> > > > > export ACCESSIBILITY_ENABLED=1
> > > > > /opt/google/chrome-unstable/google-chrome-unstable
> > > > --enable-caret-browsing --force-renderer-accessibility
> > > > > Then indeed:
> > > > > chmod 755 /usr/bin/chrome
> > > > >
> > > > > HTH.
> > > > >
> > > > > Best,
> > > > >
> > > > > Didier
> > > > >
> > > > > Le 27/01/20 à 20:49, John Covici a écrit :
> > > > > > Would version 81.0.4033.2 work correctly and do I need any command
> > > > > > line options?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Mon, 27 Jan 2020 12:40:21 -0500,
> > > > > > Didier Spaier via orca-list wrote:
> > > > > > > Hello Marko,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > you need the latest Chrome for developers:
> > > > > > > https://www.google.com/chrome/dev/?platform=linux
> > > > > > > and a fairly recent Orca, preferably 3.35.3 recently released
> > > > > > > if not pulled from git mainline on GitHub or git master
> > > > > > > on GitLab.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Best regards,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Didier
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Le 27/01/20 à 18:02, Marko Marjanović via orca-list a écrit :
> > > > > > > > Hello all,
> > > > > > > > > From the messages on this list, I realized that many of you use
> > > > Google
> > > > > > > > Chrome on Ubuntu. I installed it, and it reads menus and the
> > address
> > > > > > > > edit field, but when there are links Orca behaves as if
> > thehttps://
> > > > www.google.com/chrome/dev/?platform=linuxveru
> > > > > > > > application were totaly inaccessible.
> > > > > > > > I also want to emfasize that it is the original Google Chrome,
> > not
> > > > Chromium.
> > > > > > > > Thank you all for your answer!
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
> > > > How do
> > > > you spend it?
> > > >
> > > >          John Covici wb2una
> > > >          covici ccs covici com
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> > --
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> > you spend it?
> >
> >          John Covici wb2una
> >          covici ccs covici com
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How do
you spend it?

         John Covici wb2una
         covici ccs covici com