Re: [orca-list] keystroke problem: number pad slash and star

[Al Sten-Clanton <albert e sten_clanton verizon net>]

Thanks, Chris.

I think I'll still check on the behavior of the slash and asterisk keys 
somewhere else, but that may be a different problem from the one I have 
right now.

Al

On 11/19/2013 11:38 AM, Christopher Chaltain wrote:
> OK, in your Buddy List hit F10 to go to the menu bar. The first item
> should be Buddies, which is the menu item you want. Now press down arrow
> until you get to the Show item, which is a menu and press right arrow to
> expand it. Down arrow to the Empty Groups option, which should be your
> second option. It's a toggle, so if it says it's unchecked then hit the
> space bar to change it to checked and hit the escape key to close your
> menus. Let me know if you have any other questions.
>
> On 11/19/2013 10:15 AM, Al Sten-Clanton wrote:
> > :I'm trying to join a channel using instructions I was pointed to. My
> > comments are after the ones I've copied here.
> >
> > Join the #freeculture IRC channel
> >
> >     Select Buddies » Add Group... and make the name of the group IRC.
> > Click ADD.
> >
> > I was able to do this.  I forget whether I used clicking instead of
> > more normal keystrokes.
> >
> >     Check Buddies » Show Empty Groups to make the IRC group you just
> > created visible.
> >
> > This was where I got stuck.  It seemed I had to click to get the menu,
> > and, incidentally, didn't find "show empty groups".
> >
> > Thanks again if you can help me get this straight.
> >
> >
> >
> > On 11/19/2013 10:49 AM, Christopher Chaltain wrote
> > > What in Pidgin are you trying to do? I use it on Vinux, a Ubuntu 12.04
> > > distribution running Orca 3.4.2, and I don't think I ever need to
> > > emulate a mouse click with Orca, except when clicking on a link in a
> > > chat history.
> > >
> > > On 11/19/2013 08:28 AM, Al Sten-Clanton wrote:
> > > > Greetings!
> > > >
> > > > I'm trying to get set up with Pidgin.  There are points in this that
> > > > seem to require using number pad slash for clicking like a mouse. I've
> > > > found that after using the key once or twice, the next use switches me
> > > > to "window" or another program I'm running. I then tried using number
> > > > pad asterisk for clicking.  It worked once, then also did the old
> > > > program switcharoo.
> > > >
> > > > I went into Orca preferences, generally and for Pidgin.  I was able to
> > > > retrieve the clicking behavior, once, anyway, but the problem quickly
> > > > recurred.
> > > >
> > > > I haven't seen this behavior outside Pidgin, but don't use those keys
> > > > much.  I first saw it last week.
> > > >
> > > > I'm using Fedora 19 and Orca 3.8.1.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for any suggestions.
> > > >
> > > > Al
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