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Re: Orca question



Hello Pawel and all,

You made me remember that I have stored the lynx.cfg proposed by Jude
to be shipped as an alternate configuration in next release of a
lynx package for Slint. I will provide lynx-2.9.0dev.5 tomorrow with it.

Cheers,
Didier

Le 05/06/2020 à 00:54, Pawel L. a écrit :
> Hello,
> 
> David is right about lynx working in more blind-friendly way in Debian than in Slint since Debian comes with lynx.cfg preconfigured differently from Slint version.
> 
> In Slint it is necessary to turn cursor on and tune up few more settings to make it better with Speakup for instance.
> 
> I believe Didier mentioned in one of his email that Slint respects lynx's developer configuration or so and it should be up to a user to make any needed changes.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Pawel
> 
> On 2020-06-04 3:09 p.m., Didier Spaier wrote:
>> Hi David,
>>
>> currently we ship lynx-2.9.0dev.4 in Slint, but I hardly understand why
>> lynx itself would behave differently between Debian (which version?) and
>> Slint on this regard, but maybe if your config file makes a difference.
>>
>> Anyway we need more information to investigate.
>>
>> Please attach your config file to your next message and tell with which
>> console screen reader you observe this behavior: espeakup, speechd-up,
>> fenrir?
>>
>> Also, please provide a link to a web page on which this issue appears,
>> and post to or at least CC the Slint mailing list so we know if other
>> Slint users encounter the same issue.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Didier
>>
>> Le 04/06/2020 à 19:29, David Hoff Jr a écrit :
>>> You are correct, Lynx does work better when used from the command line, but in Slint, when using a screen reader, Lynx is not very usable. The Tab and Up/Down cursor keys are suppose to read only the link but instead the link and a lot of other information is spoken by the screen reader making it extremely difficult to determine where you are and what is being spoken. David Ring did send me a revised config file which I appreciated. I
>>> currently use Lynx and Debian on an older netbook and it is very easy to
>>> configure and use. Is it possible that Slint could reconfigure Lynx to
>>> work in a similar fashion?
>>>


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