I get the same behavior using pico. Also when adding new text with cursoring turned on it says "space" after each keystroke rather than the char being typed. When exiting pico with "control X" I also hear "space" rather than the prompt message for saving changes. Chuck On Sat, 9 Dec 2000, Jacob Schmude wrote: > Hi > I've got a slight annoyance with the backspace key with speakup. > This is the latest CVS version, dated december 8, but I've been having it > before with previous CVS versions. > Basically, with cursor tracking off, the backspace key will speak > the letter I've backspaced, followed by what's now under the cursor. This > is most commonly a space, except on search fields in lynx, where it is an > underline. So, assuming the character is the letter a, I here this: > a space > At times this can get a bit confusing. With cursor tracking on it > gets worse. Either it will just say space, or be a character off from the > character that was backspaced. So, if I had a word consisting of four > letters, and I backspaced over the last letter, I would hear the third > letter instead. Using the word "work" as an example, if I backspaced over > the k, I'd hear the r instead. This too gets confusing, especially when > editing. > > Any other CVS users have this or a similar problem? > > > BTW: Other than the backspace problem, great job on the latest CVS > release. Cursor tracking is working well, and I like the pronunciation of > the extendec characters. > > Jacob > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > My web site is http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh I'm sorry, but my kharma just ran over your dogma.
