[Emacspeak] Re: Line echo and text-mode on emacspeak 53

[T.V Raman <raman@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Greg Priest-Dorman <priestdo(a)budgardr.org> writes:


Couple of things:

1. Rather than not upgrading a while, and having that build up stress (I
   know the feeling) I'd suggest doing a git clone and just running from
   there -- do a periodic git pull. The master branch is what I run on
   all my machines.

See the make wk (git worktree) make rule for how you can keep a stable
version checked out as well.

Re spell-checking, yes, I remember this was an essential tool for you.

A few things you may want to try from the newer world of emacs:

1. package auto-correct on melpa

2. Flyspell and the various helper pacakges that provide different UIs
   to flyspell, pick one that works for you -- this will help you
   overcome the problem you always had with ispell and its way of
   showing the choices

> Fantastic! Thanks!
> I like line echo when I'm typing non technical email and things.  My
> spelling is poor.  If I hear the mangled word as I go along it's hard
> for me to not stop and fix it.  But then I derail my train of thought.
> This way I get to the end of my thought before I realize I misspelled
> something and that is the right time to  go and fix it.  Or better
> yet, I think "Oh, it's back there, I'll get it at the end" and I make
> spell checking an entirely separate step.   Either way I am not trying
> to fix it in the moment and my writing is better for doing that.
>
> Greg
>
> On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 5:30 PM T.V Raman <raman(a)google.com> wrote:
>
>     "T.V Raman" <raman(a)google.com> writes:
>
>     Found and fixed the bug, pushed to github.
>
>     Surprized by the bug, not sure how long it's been around
>
>     > Greg Priest-Dorman <priestdo(a)budgardr.org> writes:
>     >
>     >
>     > I've not used line echo in 25+ years:-) and yes, you caught a
>     bug,
>     > likely introduced fairly recently --- as you point out -- with
>     line echo
>     > on,, pressing enter doesn't appear to insert a newline. Will
>     look at it
>     > in the next day or so.
>     >> Hi Folks,
>     >>
>     >> Well, my setup was quite old.  I am now running emacspeak 53
>     and have
>     >> noticed an odd behavior.  It happens with both espeak and
>     outloud on a
>     >> relatively current linux box. I would like to know if it is
>     also
>     >> happening to others.  If it is, then I will dig into it more,
>     if it
>     >> isn't, then I will look for a fault on my end.
>     >>
>     >> When I am in a text-mode buffer, with line echo on, neither the
>     return
>     >> key nor the command M-x newline create a new line.  When I
>     press the
>     >> return key I hear the line read back, but it does not create a
>     >> newline. Once I toggle line echo off ( C-e d l ) the key and
>     the
>     >> command work as expected.  This does not happen in an org-mode
>     buffer.
>     >> In an org buffer the return key works as expected regardless of
>     >> line-echo,  but this is consistently repeatable in a text-mode
>     buffer.
>     >>  This happens both in a graphical emacs window  and at a
>     terminal,
>     >> this happens both with espeak and outloud as the DTK_PROGRAM.
>     >>
>     >> I am running GNU Emacs 26.1 (build 2, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+
>     >> Version 3.24.7) and a fresh install of Emacs 53.
>     >>
>     >> Unfortunately I no longer have multiple machines to test on, my
>     other
>     >> emacspeak setup is running 32 bit emacspeak 44 in a linux proot
>     on
>     >> android so not exactly apples to apples. 
>     >>
>     >> Thanks,
>     >> Greg
>     >>
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>
>     -- 
>
>     Thanks,
>
>     --Raman
>     ♇ Id: kg:/m/0285kf1  🦮
>

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Thanks,

--Raman
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