[nvda] Re: does nvda have a laptop kb layout?

Now that would be nice. 


 

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-----Original Message-----
From: nvda-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:nvda-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 6:40 PM
To: nvda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [nvda] Re: does nvda have a laptop kb layout?

Like I said earlier in the thread, Orca does use caps lock as its laptop
modifier key.

--
Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis

The BlindTechs Network wrote:
> what about doing what orca (ubuntu) and VoiceOver (Mac OSX) do and use 
> ctrl and alt, or another (on main keyboard key) I know atleast i 
> assume we're trying to do that whole jaws thing (insert) or (caps 
> lock) but its not ffeezable to alwas do the jaws thing. mabe  even do 
> a thunder key like ctrl and shift?
> On May 29, 2007, at 1:48 PM, Peter Vágner wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>> Currently there is discussion on this in the development list. The 
>> most frequent suggestion is to remap insert key to the capslock for 
>> the laptop layout however we haven't solved issue how to turn caps on 
>> and off when capslock is used as an insert replacement. Checking for 
>> double press seems to be a bit tricky to me.
>>
>> Peter
>>
>> Tomas Valusek  wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>> the Insert key is often omitted on current keyboards in favor of 
>>> larger Del key. So if one comes with his portable NVDA to such a 
>>> machine ...
>>> Tomas Valusek
>>> The BlindTechs Network napsal(a):
>>>> sorry but my mac and many other laptop keyboards either don't have 
>>>> an insert key or its placed in a very inconvient place. in this 
>>>> case i don't have one readily accessable. is there a keysubsitute I 
>>>> can use for insert commands?
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