You elcome. I used my caplocks key. I don't remember it causing any troubles, but its been a while sincee I have used vmware on mac. Best, Alonzo On Sun, Mar 09, 2014 at 08:17:40AM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote: > Hi, Alonzo: > > Thanks for this, but I think I do see where to make the change. I was > actually more interested in what people mapped for insert, which keys > they chose. I'm new enough to the Mac environment that I wouldn't want > to remap something I'd later miss. > I suppose, if it's limited to the specific vm, that won't be too hard to > manage, though. > > Janina > > Alonzo cuellar writes: > > Hello Janina, > > > > You'll have to remap the keys in vmware fusion to work successfully as an > > insert key. if I can get to my brothers mac I can see if I can figure it > > out. You will have to bring up the settings for the particular virtual > > machine. > > You'd interact with VO and click on the settigns button on the toolbar. > > This should bring up the settings for the particular machine your using. > > I'll try to see what I can do about getting near my brothers mac. I long > > ago reformatted my mac so now it runs linux. smile. > > > > Take care, > > Alonz > > > > On Sat, Mar 08, 2014 at 04:22:30PM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote: > > > Hi, All: > > > > > > I'm wondering whether any of you can share some wisdom for running > > > Speakup in a virtual Linux machine. I picked up a Macbook Air recently, > > > added Fusion 6, and have Fedora 20 installed and working (mostly). > > > > > > Couple quick questions: > > > > > > 1.) How can I bring Speakup up with my preferred speaking rate? It's > > > defaulting to rate 1, which is quite painful. > > > > > > I'm launching Speakup from within rc.local. Can I use some kind > > > of command line argument in my script? > > > > > > I no longer see anything about rate under > > > /sys/accessibility/speakup/,o suspect that old method is > > > history. Am I wrong? > > > > > > 2.) Caps Lock for pop up screen review. I haven't > > > solved this one, so would appreciate suggestions. > > > Strangely, FN+Command+Return does the "You killed > > > Speakup" and "I'm alive" toggle nicely. I can also > > > adjust rate and pitch with FN+Command+N, but not Caps > > > Lock joy. > > > > > > 3.) The Insert Key -- There has to be some > > > successful mapping for that! <grin> > > > > > > TIA > > > > > > Janina > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 > > > sip:janina at asterisk.rednote.net > > > Email: janina at rednote.net > > > > > > Linux Foundation Fellow > > > Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org > > > > > > The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) > > > Chair, Protocols & Formats http://www.w3.org/wai/pf > > > Indie UI http://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at linux-speakup.org > > > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at linux-speakup.org > > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 > sip:janina at asterisk.rednote.net > Email: janina at rednote.net > > Linux Foundation Fellow > Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org > > The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) > Chair, Protocols & Formats http://www.w3.org/wai/pf > Indie UI http://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/ > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
