Thanks for the new highlight tracking!

[Sean McMahon]

Is the highlight tracking described in the speakup help system for speakup cvs?
Just trying to figure out how you folks know how to use this feature.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Adam Myrow" <amyrow at midsouth.rr.com>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 2:51 PM
Subject: Re: Thanks for the new highlight tracking!


> I've gotten a chance to play with highlight tracking, and it is
> definitely worth the effort of building a 2.6.12.5 kernel.  I've always
> ignored the Midnight Commander before, but now, I feel I could actually
> make use of it.  It also works well in the Pilot file browser that comes
> with Pine.  Even if you don't use the "-g" flag to make the cursor appear
> where the file is, speech will still properly track where you are once
> highlight tracking is turned on.
>
> Is there a way to get Speakup to read what text is highlighted at the
> moment?  For instance, it would be nice to know what file is highlighted
> without having to move up and down with the arrows.  Another place this
> would be handy is in the Aspell spelling checker.  Since that spelling
> checker is supposed to eventually replace Ispell, I've been trying to get
> used to it.  It isn't nearly as accessible as Ispell, however.  Ispell
> shows the unknown word at the top of the screen, then shows it in context.
> Aspell, on the other hand, shows the unknown word only in context, in
> reverse video.  By looking at the suggestions, and moving through the
> lines above, repeatedly pressing insert-period, I can eventually find the
> word in question since it is in reverse video, but this is a real pain in
> the rear.  It would be nice to have a keystroke which would read any
> highlighted text on the screen, so I could easily tell what word is being
> asked about.
>
>
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