Re: [MSEide-MSEgui-talk] MSEgui and screenreader

2016-12-02 Thread Martin Schreiber
On 12/03/2016 01:16 AM, Fred van Stappen wrote: > Hello Martin. > > When using parameter like -va , all is ok, the application run according the > parameter. > > But at console there is that message: > > # ./ideU -va >> Invalid parameter: -va > > I fixed it (temporally) commented line 949 of

Re: [MSEide-MSEgui-talk] popup menu

2016-12-02 Thread Martin Schreiber
On 12/02/2016 11:32 PM, Patrick Goupell wrote: > Is ther a popup menu demo in mseuniverse I cannot find one)? > > Could someone provide a simple right click popup menu example? > It is similar to use a main-menu in a form. For the main-menu one places a "tmainmenu" component from component

Re: [MSEide-MSEgui-talk] MSEgui and screenreader

2016-12-02 Thread Fred van Stappen
Ooops, sorry Graeme, I did not see your answer in fpc forum (and your vision are the same that mine). O course sak must be better but all is possible. For example, now in ideu-code editor, the speecher says also the commas, semi-colons, open-closed brackets, ... Normally screen readers do

Re: [MSEide-MSEgui-talk] MSEgui and screenreader

2016-12-02 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 2016-12-02 12:47, Fred van Stappen wrote: > # ideu assisted > > and this will load ideu with sak eanabled. Good, but maybe make it "ide -assisted" (like normal parameter syntax), because I think MSEgui and ideU supports filename parameters (no hyphen prefix) to open files directly. >>

Re: [MSEide-MSEgui-talk] MSEgui and screenreader

2016-12-02 Thread Martin Schreiber
On 12/02/2016 02:04 PM, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: > > The other problem (though a MSEgui issue) is navigating the main menu > with arrow keys alone. This doesn't just apply to blind people, but they > will notice it first. Starting ideU/MSEgui, you wouldn't know what main > menu items exist, so

Re: [MSEide-MSEgui-talk] MSEgui and screenreader

2016-12-02 Thread Fred van Stappen
Hello. I continue the discussion from fpc froum. Graeme said: > I think BobJ means... having instructions on how to enable SAK in ideU. Yes, it is needed. And I will add a parameter for ideu: "assisted". So, at command line, just do: # ideu assisted and this will load ideu with sak

Re: [MSEide-MSEgui-talk] MSEgui and screenreader

2016-12-02 Thread Fred van Stappen
Hello Martin. When using parameter like -va , all is ok, the application run according the parameter. But at console there is that message: # ./ideU -va > Invalid parameter: -va I fixed it (temporally) commented line 949 of msesysenv.pas: // errorme(ern_invalidparameter,strar1[index]); Why

Re: [MSEide-MSEgui-talk] MSEgui and screenreader

2016-12-02 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 2016-12-03 00:16, Fred van Stappen wrote: > Other thing, how to do to add apostrophe (') in a string ? > > For example: str := ''' ; => does not work. You have to escape the apostrophe with another apostrophe. Double them up. eg: str := 'What''s up?'; Regards, Graeme

[MSEide-MSEgui-talk] popup menu

2016-12-02 Thread Patrick Goupell
Is ther a popup menu demo in mseuniverse I cannot find one)? Could someone provide a simple right click popup menu example? Thank you. Patrick -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most

Re: [MSEide-MSEgui-talk] MSEgui and screenreader

2016-12-02 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 2016-12-02 13:19, Martin Schreiber wrote: > Please use left arrow instead of right arrow in order to select the top > level items. Ah, that's a good alternative. > I am not sure if it is a good idea to activate the mainmenu > by Alt-key alone. Maybe Alt+Menu is better. I can't think of any

Re: [MSEide-MSEgui-talk] MSEgui and screenreader

2016-12-02 Thread Martin Schreiber
On 12/02/2016 03:30 PM, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: > >> I am not sure if it is a good idea to activate the mainmenu >> by Alt-key alone. Maybe Alt+Menu is better. > > I can't think of any application that maps the Alt-key alone to any > specific function. But I often press the Alt-key and then

Re: [MSEide-MSEgui-talk] MSEgui and screenreader

2016-12-02 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 2016-12-02 15:15, Martin Schreiber wrote: > and either find none or decide that I like to cancel the operation > and release Alt without pressing another key. With Windows applications (even under WINE), if you press Alt key alone, the menu bar has focus with the first menu item selected (no