Thanks I'll play around with it. Kerby
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Allen" <[email protected]> To: "skype english list" <skypeenglish at emissives.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 8:46 PM Subject: Re: [Skypeenglish] left bracket commands > Hi Kerby and list! > > If you are using the scripts, control shift w will take you to the scripts > page, where you can read all this. Here is the relevant section of the > scripts page. > > This script version also contains an experimental interface which I will > call the "JAWS command system" or just the "command system." This > interface is not like the normal one-key-per-command interface of modern > JAWS scripts, though its structure may be familiar to PAC Mate users and > resembles the menu system of modern Windows applications. The commands you > all know still remain; this is an additional method of doing some things. > The rest of this section describes the new interface in some detail, for > anyone who wants to try it. The author is quickly coming to prefer it over > the original commands, but that's just me. > > The new interface consists of sequences of keys that run scripts instead > of just single commands that do so. The left square bracket key ([) is a > sort of prefix key, after which you can hit other keys to do other things. > Hitting the left bracket key twice just types one, in case you need to do > that. I picked that key because it's rarely used in Skype. In fact, the > main motivation for writing this interface was the problem of running out > of keys to use for Skype script commands. This way, we can have as many > commands as we want and never need more than one key that could interfere > with the application. > > Hitting a left bracket will say "Skype" to let you know you've entered the > JAWS command system for Skype. The keys you can currently hit after a left > bracket are > > [ > Just type a single left bracket and return to Skype. In other words, you > can get a plain left bracket just by hitting it twice. > C > Chat commands. > N > Notification commands. > T > Tab commands. > After going to Chat commands or Tab commands, the following keys can be > used: > > 1-0 > Switch to specific chat windows or tabs and exit the command system. > Shift+1-Shift+0 > Say the names of specific chat windows or tabs without switching to them > and without exiting the command system. You can use this feature to review > chat or tab names and then just press an unshifted number to switch to the > one you want. > l > List all available chat windows or tabs and exit the command system. > Shift+l > List all available chat windows or tabs but do not exit the command > system. This is a fast way to read the chat or tab names before switching > to one, which you can then do just by pressing its number. > Ctrl+l > Bring up a JAWS list of chat windows or tabs from which you can select > one and press Enter to switch to it. The command system exits. Some people > prefer the JAWS list because of the ability to jump to chats or tabs by > typing initial letters. > Esc or any key without another function > Exit the command system without doing anything else. > After going to Notification Commands, plain numbers will read up to the > last ten received notifications. This feature is not available anywhere > else in the scripts because I sort of ran out of safe keystrokes to use > for it. In Notification commands, the command system is not exited by > numbers, so you can read at your leisure until done. Press Escape or any > other key without another function to exit the command system after > reviewing notifications. > > Note that any key that exits the command system also makes a short sound > to let you know you are back in Skype itself. To make this possible across > all supported JAWS versions, I had to include the sound file played by the > scripts. There are actually two sounds included, though at this time, only > one is used. The sound files are currently placed in the same folder as > the scripts, though they more properly belong in the Sounds folder under > your JAWS user settings folder in JAWS 6 and up, and in the normal > settings\enu directory under JAWS 4 and 5. (I put the sound files with the > scripts for now to avoid problems with the installer we currently use.) If > you don't want the sound to play, it is sufficient to delete > SkypeCommandExit.wav. > > > > Good luck. > > > > Cheers, > > Dave > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Kerby Hill > To: skype english list > Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 2:14 PM > Subject: [Skypeenglish] left bracket commands > > > How do you get a list of left bracket commands used in the skype scripts? > I heard somewhere on here the left bracket is used with skype in some way > since it's never used anywhere else that key was chosen. Anyway, any help > would be appreciated. > > Kerby > Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for the > latest version of skype go to > http://www.dlee.org/skype > To access tutorials and other goodies go to > http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html > thanks and have a wonderful day. > > > _______________________________________________ > Skypeenglish mailing list > Skypeenglish at emissives.com > http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com > Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for the > latest version of skype go to > http://www.dlee.org/skype > To access tutorials and other goodies go to > http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html > thanks and have a wonderful day. > > > _______________________________________________ > Skypeenglish mailing list > Skypeenglish at emissives.com > http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com
