Re: [orca-list] Status update for Orcas new Plugin System Level 1

[chrys <chrys linux-a11y org>]

Howdy Vojta,

this is a valid question :).

yes it should be possible by build it by your own.

first you need to install the build dependencies for orca

this should do it for ubuntu ( i didn't try, as i don't have a ubuntu system here)

sudo apt-get build-dep gnome-orca

you also need libpeas. this should look like this:

sudo apt-get install libpeas libpeas-common

git clone https://github.com/chrys87/orca-plugin.git

git checkout plugin_system

cd orca

./autogen.sh

# you can adjust the locations to match ubuntu, this is for archlinux, maybe ubuntu uses the same paths

./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var

make

sudo make install

but consider it as experimental and very fast moving. I keep this branch up to date with joanies master to keep the diff as minimal as possible. she currently does some nice performance work on web 8).

it currently contains orca with an experimental plugin-system implementation

currently following plugins available:

• Known functionality moved from Orca core to an plugin
  
• HelloOrca: the usual startup notification "screen reader on"

• ByeOrca: the usual shutdown notification "screen reader off". well this doesn't work for some reason. i assume we need to wait with stopping the speech server til the message is spoken. but not important currently.
  

• Time:  announce current time shortcut by default: Orca + t
• Date: announce current date shortcut by default: 2 times Orca + t
  
• Mouse Review: reviews everything below the mouse, has an toggle shortcut (i currently don't remember, the default as i set it so something custom)
  
• New prototype functionality born out of SOPS plugins
• Clipboard: announces the content of your current clipboard shortcut hard coded as there is no setting currently: orca + w
  
• SelfVoice: creates an thread what listens to an unix socket in /tmp/. every text send to that socket is spoken by orca.
  

maybe this is the information you are looking for.

i currently play with UI and settings stuff. so you can expect an new configuration dialog and plugin manager soon.

cheers chrys

Am 09.06.21 um 12:16 schrieb Vojtěch šmiro via orca-list:

> Hello,
>       
>       
>       sorry for my beginer questions, but is it possible to install it
>       to Ubuntu Mate 20.04? What plugins are in it?
>       
>       
>       Thanks.
>       
>       
>       Best regards
>       
>       
>       Vojta.
>       
>       
>       Dne 08. 06. 21 v 22:35 Andy Borka via orca-list napsal(a):
>       
> > One of us will let you know what happens
> >         next 😊. I am lagging behind a little with my Ubuntu setup, but
> >         getting there😊.
> >         
> >         
> >         *From:* orca-list <orca-list-bounces gnome org> *On Behalf
> >         Of *Joanmarie Diggs
> >         
> >         *Sent:* Tuesday, June 8, 2021 12:08 PM
> >         
> >         *To:* chrys <chrys linux-a11y org>; orca-list
> >         <orca-list gnome org>
> >         
> >         *Subject:* Re: [orca-list] Status update for Orcas new Plugin
> >         System Level 1
> >         
> >         
> >         Neat! Looking forward to it.
> >         
> >         
> >         Before too long I plan to branch to keep 40 stable. Still trying
> >         to shave some milliseconds (which add up!) off of Orca's web
> >         support which is why I haven't branched yet.
> >         
> >         
> >         --joanie
> >         
> >         
> >         On Tue, 2021-06-08 at 15:24 +0200, chrys wrote:
> >         
> >         
> >             Howdy Joanie, Howdy List,
> >         
> >         
> >             I just did some more work the last days. Just a small update
> >         what i did.
> >         
> >         
> >              1. I created a new class "orca" in orca.py. this should
> >         represent
> >         
> >                 the applications main class in mid term future. We
> >         should move
> >         
> >                 all "global" functionality into this to have an entry
> >         point for
> >         
> >                 references for our plugins (like already suggested by
> >         Andy
> >         
> >                 Borka). I already added some API for signal handling and
> >         dynamic
> >         
> >                 storage of objects. last is currently used to have some
> >         
> >                 "compatibility" and keeps all of orcas internal stuff.
> >         this
> >         
> >                 should be moved step by step to "real" objects. The
> >         handling of
> >         
> >                 dynamic objects is there to register stuff by plugins
> >         what could
> >         
> >                 be used by others (as libpeas supports dependencies in
> >         plugins,
> >         
> >                 this could be very useful).
> >         
> >              2. A simple API helper class what supports me a little with
> >         a
> >         
> >                 useful functions library.
> >         
> >              3. Time Plugin: Works! but it currently uses an hard coded
> >         
> >                 shortcut. the binding API of orca is not very friendly
> >         to
> >         
> >                 consume. i still have to figure how to get shortcuts for
> >         given
> >         
> >                 functionality with loop through list every time. I will
> >         come up
> >         
> >                 with some nice compatibility solution here. The User
> >         settings of
> >         
> >                 Time is already respected as expected. the shortcut is
> >         the
> >         
> >                 default one Orca + t. I removed the build-in
> >         functionality
> >         
> >                 completely
> >         
> >              4. Date Plugin: same situation as for time (hard coded
> >         shortcut,
> >         
> >                 user settings respected). the double tap  shortcut
> >         (pressing t
> >         
> >                 two times fast Orca + t) works here as well.
> >         
> >              5. Mouse Review: Works! japp, it reads the object below the
> >         mouse
> >         
> >                 pointer for me :)! i completely removed the build-in
> >         
> >                 functionality. It for some quirks in the default.py and
> >         
> >                 web/script_utilities.py are solved by the dynamic API
> >         usage. but
> >         
> >                 the plugin is optional. if its not loaded, the stuff
> >         still works
> >         
> >                 as expect. i reused almost all the code with some kind
> >         of
> >         
> >                 compatibility replace global import of modules by have
> >         global
> >         
> >                 variables set by the plugin activation. it respect the
> >         settings
> >         
> >                 on startup. toggle shortcut is registered :) but hard
> >         coded to
> >         
> >                 orca + e. 
> >             whats missing (well, as expected, as we wanna take that in
> >         an next
> >         
> >             step):
> >         
> >         
> >               * the settings are mostly respected but the keybinding
> >         definition
> >         
> >                 stuff.
> >         
> >               * any UI handling
> >         
> >         
> >             @Joanie, let me clean up some stuff then we could take a
> >         look at it
> >         
> >             and take the next step.
> >         
> >         
> >             cheers chrys
> >         
> >         
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