Moderated Re: Insert + Escape, when to use it?


Bob Kennedy
 

It's been a while since I've done any scripting. But, it may help to know the script name you are looking for is called screen refresh, not refresh screen.

On Monday, May 23, 2022, 08:10:12 AM EDT, Adrian Spratt <adrian@...> wrote:


Yes, that's my problem, too.

Mike, did you find it?

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-----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Ann Byrne
Sent: Monday, May 23, 2022 7:58 AM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: Insert + Escape, when to use it?

I can't find a refreshscreen script.  Anywhere.  Not sure where it is hiding.
At 11:00 PM 5/22/2022, you wrote:
>Hi Adrian,
>
>Okay I'm sure as hell no scripting aficionado, but here's what you can
>try beginning with step 6.  My input is below the step number.
>
>6. Look for the script called, refreshScreen.
>Here press, Control + f, to open the Find dialog and type,
>RefreshScreen, and press enter, then press escape to put you on,
>ScriptRefreshScreen.
>
>7. Inside that script  there is a line that says something like unmute
>sound card.
>Down arrow 10 or 11 times to, UnmuteJawsSoundcard(), and you put / type
>a semicolon at the beginning of this line.
>
>8. Control s to compile / save.  When you press, Control + S, you'll
>hear a sound, then Jaws reports Compile complete.
>
>9. Close script manager and restart jaws.
>
>
>Stay safe and take care.  Mike.  Sent from my iBarstool.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:adrian@...>Adrian Spratt
>To: <mailto:main@jfw.groups.io>main@jfw.groups.io
>Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2022 2:13 PM
>Subject: Re: Insert + Escape, when to use it?
>
>Hi. Several of you posted suggestions for how to enable me to stop JAWS
>key+escape from unmuting sound. I can get partway through the steps,
>but I get stuck at 6. I wrote the steps in a way I could understand
>them, and I copy them below. Can anyone suggest how I get around the
>problem?
>
>To stop your sound unmuting when you hit the refresh screen command,
>modify the jaws refreshScreen script in script manager.
>1. Press JAWS key+j to open JAWS.
>2. Open utilities, then arrow down to script manager. Press enter to open.
>3. press alt+f
>4. Down-arrow to open shared file.
>5. Open the default.jss file. Do this by typing "default" into the edit
>field and tabbing to the "open" button.
>6. Look for the script called, refreshScreen.
>7. Inside that script  there is a line that says something like unmute
>sound card.
>8. Select and delete that line. Or precede it with a semicolon to negate it.
>9. Control s to save
>10. Recompile the script which will then save it as a user script,
>taking priority over your shared jaws scripts.
>11. Close script manager and restart jaws. You should hear the message
>compile complete.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: <mailto:main@jfw.groups.io>main@jfw.groups.io
><<mailto:main@jfw.groups.io>main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Ann Byrne
>Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2022 10:04 AM
>To: <mailto:main@jfw.groups.io>main@jfw.groups.io
>Subject: Re: Insert + Escape, when to use it?
>
>Another way to negate a command in a script is to put a semicolon at
>the beginning of the line before compiling.  that way if you ever want
>the command back, it's available.
>At 07:41 AM 5/21/2022, you wrote:
> >if you don't want your sound unmuted when you hit the refresh screen
> >command, then you have to modify the jaws refreshScreen script in
> >script manager by first opening the script manager, press alt+f then
> >down arrow to open shared file, and open the default.jss file. then
> >look for the script that is called, refreshScreen. Inside that script
> >there is a line that says something like unmute sound card.
> >select and delete that line of the script then hit control s to save
> >and recompile the script which will then save it as a user script and
> >that will take priority over your shared jaws scripts. Now close
> >script manager and restart jaws if you hear the message compile
> >complete. And now that the unMute sound card line is out of there,
> >jaws should not unmute sound every time you want to refresh the
> >screen. Now if you want to get more complicated than that, you may be
> >able to add a condition to the script and so the script will check
> >and see if anything such as mucic is playing and if it is, then jaws
> >will not unmute sound card, but if it is not, then jaws will ttry
> >unmuting the sound card. but I am not advanced enough with scripting to know how to do that.
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