From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx1.inoc.net ([64.246.131.30]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17rFeV-0006jl-00 for ; Tue, 17 Sep 2002 06:32:19 -0400 Received: from hudson.valstar.net (cust89.as1-gtown.valstar.net [64.246.150.91]) by mx1.inoc.net (Vircom SMTPRS 5.3.232) with ESMTP id for ; Tue, 17 Sep 2002 06:32:19 -0400 Received: from localhost (hallenbeck@localhost) by hudson.valstar.net (8.11.4/8.10.2) with ESMTP id g8HAVq600590 for ; Tue, 17 Sep 2002 06:31:53 -0400 Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 06:31:52 -0400 (EDT) From: Charles Hallenbeck To: Speakup Distribution List Subject: speakup and the mouse Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Here is an interesting and unexpected fact that is close to useless for most of us, but very informative. I can use the speakup cut and paste feature to "mark" and "cut" a section of the screen display, and then "paste" that text by pressing my right mouse button. How about that? Why, you ask, am I using a mouse? Some weeks ago I configured X on my system (without any access tools (yet)) and during that process I installed GPM, the General Purpose Mouse driver, to check it for compatibility with various window managers etcetera. Frankly I forgot it was installed, and recently quite by accident while tidyhing up my desk I hit the right mouse button, which normally inserts captured text at the cursor, and lo and behold the most recent text captured by speakup was inserted. I have checked it several times and it works reliably. I assume what that means is that speakup and GPM share a capture buffer, which makes a lot of sense. Chuck -- The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (85% of Full) So visit me at http://www.valstar.net/~hallenbeck