Re: [orca-list] Change made to flat review copy/append

[Nolan Darilek <nolan thewordnerd info>]

On 1/22/20 5:59 PM, Kyle via orca-list wrote:

> Hmmm. This could be interesting, but it differs somewhat from what I'm 
> used to doing in a web browser, a text editor, etc. In desktop 
> applications that include select, cut, copy and paste, I am able to 
> use shift+arrow keys to select a character or a line and 
> shift+control+arrows to select a word or a paragraph. Something like 
> this is more what I expect from screen readers that implement copying 
> and pasting where it doesn't normally exist, though text mode screen 
> readers do tend to implement a block oriented marking approach as you 
> describe, so this could make sense in situations where standard 
> selection methods don't work, especially terminals and non-selectable 
> info/error pop-ups.
>
> Right, sorry, situations like terminals are exactly what I'm referring 
> to. I often have to copy logs into bug reports and such. My workflow 
> looks like:


1. Find the first line using flat review.

2. Use the copy command.

3. Arrow down to the next line.

4. Use the append command.

5. Goto 3 until I've reached my last line.

So it's down, append, down, append, down, append... Do that for 20 lines 
of backtrace and your wrists/fingers get a workout. :) It'd be great if 
I could use Shift-arrow, but I don't think Orca could enable that. 
You're into buffer modes and such at that point.