Ticket #249: selections.patch

source/speech.py

@@ -284 +284 @@
         if text and not text.isspace():
                 getSynth().speakText(text,index=index)
 
+def speakSelectionChangeHelper(text,unselected=False):
+        if len(text) < 512:
+                speakMessage(text)
+        else:
+                speakMessage(_("Selected %d characters") % len(text) if not unselected else _("unselected %d characters")%len(text))
+
 def speakSelectionChange(oldInfo,newInfo,speakSelected=True,speakUnselected=True,generalize=False):
         """Speaks a change in selection, either selected or unselected text.
         @param oldInfo: a TextInfo instance representing what the selection was before
@@ -333 +339 @@
                         for text in selectedTextList:
                                 if  len(text)==1:
                                         text=processSymbol(text)
-                                speakMessage(_("selecting %s")%text)
+                                speakSelectionChangeHelper(_("selecting %s")%text)
                 elif len(selectedTextList)>0:
                         text=newInfo.text
                         if len(text)==1:
                                 text=processSymbol(text)
-                        speakMessage(_("selected %s")%text)
+                        speakSelectionChangeHelper(_("selected %s")%text)
         if speakUnselected:
                 if not generalize:
                         for text in unselectedTextList:
                                 if  len(text)==1:
                                         text=processSymbol(text)
-                                speakMessage(_("unselecting %s")%text)
+                                speakSelectionChangeHelper(_("unselecting %s")%text,True)
                 elif len(unselectedTextList)>0:
                         speakMessage(_("selection removed"))
                         if not newInfo.isCollapsed:
                                 text=newInfo.text
                                 if len(text)==1:
                                         text=processSymbol(text)
-                                speakMessage(_("selected %s")%text)
+                                speakSelectionChangeHelper(_("selected %s")%text)
 
 def speakTypedCharacters(ch):
         global curWordChars;