Backspace in OOo Writer (was Re: a couple of things about openoffice writer)

2006-12-19 Thread Willie Walker
> > > When I am creating a document, if I were to make a mistake and press the > > > Backspace key to delete it it just says "Backspace." > > > > What would you like Orca to say? > For myself, I suggest the same thing as it is done on Windows, > i.e. after saying (if checked) the "Backspac

Re: a couple of things about openoffice writer

2006-12-19 Thread Joanmarie Diggs
Hi all. > For myself, I suggest the same thing as it is done on Windows, > i.e. after saying (if checked) the "Backspace" character, we can say the > actually just-deleted char. Actually, that's what Orca is supposed to do. And it's what it does do under normal circumstances. As I under

Re: a couple of things about openoffice writer

2006-12-19 Thread Yannick PLASSIARD
On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 11:42:12AM +, Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis wrote: > MICHAEL WEAVER wrote: > > I have a couple of issues as regards Openoffice writer. > > When I am creating a document, if I were to make a mistake and press the > > Backspace key to delete it it just says "Backspace." > > What

Re: Is Debian appropriate for accessibility?

2006-12-19 Thread Jan and Bertil Smark Nilsson
Hello, On Mon, 18 Dec 2006, Willie Walker wrote: > Hi All: > In general, I've noticed that people have an easier time achieving > success on Ubuntu than Debian. As a result, I've recommended people use > Ubuntu if they were willing to give it a try. These recommendations are > based solely on t

Re: a couple of things about openoffice writer

2006-12-19 Thread Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis
MICHAEL WEAVER wrote: > I have a couple of issues as regards Openoffice writer. > When I am creating a document, if I were to make a mistake and press the > Backspace key to delete it it just says "Backspace." What would you like Orca to say? > Is this problem anything to do with my version of O

a couple of things about openoffice writer

2006-12-19 Thread MICHAEL WEAVER
I have a couple of issues as regards Openoffice writer. When I am creating a document, if I were to make a mistake and press the Backspace key to delete it it just says "Backspace." Is this problem anything to do with my version of Orca which is the one that comes with Edgy by default or the fact

Re: Feature Request: double-clics in oOo writter

2006-12-19 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hi, Yannick PLASSIARD, le Tue 19 Dec 2006 09:10:06 +0100, a écrit : > 2) In Gnome-Terminal, do you think it can be possible to replace the > "click" action of the routing cursor by inserting escape codes to make > the cursor jump to what we want ? It would be useful for example , using > Emacs

Feature Request: double-clics in oOo writter

2006-12-19 Thread Yannick PLASSIARD
Hi all, I'd like to point out several lacking features in Orca: 1) In OOo Writer and flat review mode, suppose we have a line: "Hi all. $l" (the two last chars are Orca's EOL marker. And Suppose the curser is onto the "H" of "Hi". We cannot, just using the routing cursor, move it to the ve