Re: [orca-list] Editable text becomes "about:blank" in Thunderbird 60.2.1

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

I did that update some weeks ago, but the Thunderbird problem kicked in 
anyway, maybe two weeks ago.

Al

On 10/17/18 11:16 AM, John G Heim via orca-list wrote:
> II'm not the OP but I use debian stretch and this problem comes up if 
> you just use the standard gnome-orca and thunderbird packages. However, 
> I also think that if you install gnome-orca from the stretch-backports 
> repository, the problem goes away.
>
> In other words, if you are a debian stretch user, I think you can fix 
> the problem by doing this:
>
> 1. Configure stretch-backports in your sources.list. Edit the file, 
> /etc/apt/sources.list and add the line:
>
> deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports main
>
> 2. Update the dpkg cache and install gnome-orca from strectch-backports:
>
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get -t stretch-backports install gnome-orca
>
> 3. Restart orca, press Alt+F2 and type "orca --replace".
>
>
>
>
> On 10/17/18 9:39 AM, Alex ARNAUD wrote:
> > Hello Frans-Willem,
> >
> > Yes, I'm aware of this issue. You've probably migrated to Thunderbird 
> > 60 without updating your Orca version, isn't it? You should have Orca 
> > 3.30 to make it working with Thunderbird 60.
> >
> > What is your GNU/Linux distribution?
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Alex.
> >
> > Le 17/10/2018 à 16:35, Frans-Willem Post via orca-list a écrit :
> > > Hello list,
> > >
> > > As I write this message and several more, I can no longer use SayAll or
> > > simple "press cursor up or down" to read the message body of a
> > > mail-message. Orca only speaks "about colon blank" on every 
> > > line/sentence.
> > >
> > > I presume this has happened upon an update of Thunderbird; Orca has not
> > > recently been updated. Using 3.28.0 under Ubuntu 18.04.1 with GNOME.
> > >
> > > Has anyone else encountered this issue? How can it be solved?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Frans-Willem Post
> > >
> > >
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