Is this a Speakup problem?

[Didier Spaier]

Actually, this is the same behavior as in Orca when in Laptop mode. In
this case the Orca Modifier is CapsLock and to lock or unlock CapsLock
you can type CapsLock twice (or press CapsLock+BackSpace then CapsLock).

For what it's worth, here is a complete list of Speakup key bindings:
http://slackware.uk/slint/x86_64/slint-14.2.1/doc/SpeakupAllDefaultKeyAssignments

Didier


On 08/10/2018 05:45 PM, Janina Sajka wrote:
> Yes, it catches me up from time to time as well.
> 
> It is a feature, though one may choose to argue the feature's true
> value. I don't recall ever latching intentionally, for instance.
> 
> Janina
> 
> Tom Fowle writes:
>> I was under the impression this is a speakup feature to allow
>> use of the shift lock as the speakup key. press and hold for speakup
>> functions, tap twice to toggle real shift lock.
>>
>> It's caught me too.
>> Tom Fowle WA6IVG
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 09, 2018 at 12:40:03PM -0400, Rudy Vener wrote:
>>>
>>> Nope. Hitting Ctrl-Shift does nothing.
>>> The only way to get myself out of the accidental capslock state is to
>>> hit my capslock key twice.
>>> Hitting it only once leaves me in caps lock.
>>>
>>> Very odd.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Aug 09, 2018 at 12:00:01PM -0400, speakup-request at linux-speakup.org wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I can't answer your original question, but when you find yourself in all
>>>> caps, what happens when you hold the control key down then just tap
>>>> shift once then let both keys up?  I figured out how to turn capslock
>>>> off earlier when this happened to me and did it this way accidentally
>>>> until I figured out what I had just done.  Hope this helps you.
>>>> ***************************************
>>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Rudy Vener
>>> Website: http://www.rudyvener.com
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