Re: [orca-list] Settings concept for plugin based orca

[Didier Spaier <didier slint fr>]

Hi,

in this case gsettings would be implemented upstream, not at the distribution
level, so there should be no issue adding this way of doing the settings.

Cheers,
Didier

Le 11/02/2022 à 20:52, majid hussain via orca-list a écrit :
> hi,
>
> that gsettings patch made running orca from git problematic.
>
> basicly, as soon as you installed orca from master, your settings that you had
> made using the distro installed version of orca would be made null and void.
>
> lucky someone who had sense reverted that patch.
>
> I would have understood it if the gsettings patch had ever been integrated in to
> upstream, if that had happened, then upgradeing from distro orca to master would
> not have caused any issues.
>
> I believe that luke yelavitch was the person who may have started work on the
> gsettings port but was layed off from ubuntu.
>
> he was the main guy for ubuntu accessibility at <https://canonical.com/>
>
>
>       Canonical <https://canonical.com/>
>
> <https://canonical.com/>
>
> don't quote me bout that last bit.
>
> sorry for going ot!
>
> I like the plan where the pluggin tab would be added to the orca
>
> Preferences
>
> no re writeing of the hole shebang
>
> it would mean less pain overall write?
>
> or could it be argued that a rewrite of the hole dialog would be of some advantage?
>
> remember this,
>
> there is only one dev that as far as I am aware working on orca.
>
> thanks for reading my message :)
>
> Majid
>
>
>
> On 11/02/2022 19:40, Jeffery Mewtamer via orca-list wrote:
> > Maybe I'm missing something, but wouldn't it be simpler to have a
> > "plug-ins" tab in the Orca Preferences that
> >
> > -Lists installed plug-ins.
> > -provides enabled/disable, remove, and preferences buttons for each plug-in.
> > -The preferences button brings up preferences specific to that plug-in.
> >
> > Instead of overhauling the Orca Preferences to integrate plug-in
> > preferences with the bulit-in preferences?
> >
> > Also, maybe I'm misremembering, but wasn't their an issue fairly
> > recently where some Ubuntu-specific patches that force greater
> > integration between Orca and Gsettings causes issues with backing up
> > or copying Orca preferences between machines, especially if the
> > machines are running different distros?
> >
> > Personally, I have no strong opinion on how the GUI is handled, in
> > part because Orca+space fails to launch Orca's preferences on my
> > machine, but I'm in favor of anything that prevents direct editing of
> > .local/share/orca/user-settings.conf from getting any harder or makes
> > it easier, and I'm in favor of keeping backing up, restoring, or
> > copying Orca preferences to another machine staying as simple as
> > copying .local/share/orca.
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