advising org-agenda-filter-by-category

["T. V. Raman" <tv.raman.tv@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Guidelines on feedback:

1. On which auditory icon to use -- the names of the icons should
be a first guide.

2. On what to speak: 

Speak information that is most relevant -- and avoid redundddant
speech.

Couple of ideas (without having used org-agenda much)

Ask what the user is trying to do.
If you just filtered the agenda, you probably wanted to hide a
bunch of things and expose some relevant items.

Rather than speaking the line, a succinct summary of the form
"now showing %s of %s agenda items" is what Iwould use.

Use emacs' built-in 'message to speak this so it's also visible
on the screen.


feedback.


I
>>>>> "Bart" == Bart Bunting <bart@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
    Bart> Hi, I am trying to improve emacspeak feedback for
    Bart> org-mode.
    Bart> 
    Bart> I'm starting simple and hopefully working up to some
    Bart> more complex interactions.
    Bart> 
    Bart> As a test I've advised org-agenda-filter-by-category.
    Bart> 
    Bart> The questions I have are: - Is there any sort of style
    Bart> guide when it comes to what sort of auditory icons
    Bart> should be used for various actions.
    Bart> 
    Bart> I've picked two that sounded likely but with no real
    Bart> rhyme or reason.
    Bart> 
    Bart> org-agenda-filter-by-category filters the current org
    Bart> agenda view by category. All other items are hiden or
    Bart> revealed as it's toggled.
    Bart> 
    Bart> I use a different auditory icon depending if content is
    Bart> hidden or revealed. Then get emacspeak to speak the
    Bart> current line.
    Bart> 
    Bart> I'm not sure if speaking the line is necessary as point
    Bart> never moves.
    Bart> 
    Bart> 
    Bart> (defadvice org-agenda-filter-by-category (around
    Bart> emacspeak pre act comp) "Provide auditory feedback." ;
    Bart> (emacspeak-auditory-icon 'close-object) (if (and
    Bart> org-agenda-filtered-by-category
    Bart> org-agenda-category-filter) (emacspeak-auditory-icon
    Bart> 'close-object) (emacspeak-auditory-icon
    Bart> 'select-object)) ad-do-it (emacspeak-speak-line))
    Bart> 
    Bart> 
    Bart> 
    Bart> Kind regards
    Bart> 
    Bart> Bart --
    Bart> 
    Bart> 
    Bart> Kind regards
    Bart> 
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Best Regards,
--raman

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