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24.0.94; Mac's Text to Speech stopped working in emacs buffers when I moved from Snow Leopard to Lion

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From: Charles Magid <cmmagid <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Cc: Charles M Magid <cmmagid <at> gmail.com>
Subject: 24.0.94;
	Mac's Text to Speech stopped working in emacs buffers when I moved
	from Snow Leopard to Lion
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:09:45 -0400

From: Charles Magid <cmmagid <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.0.94; Mac's Text to Speech stopped working in emacs buffers when I moved from Snow Leopard to Lion
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1. On Mac OS X Lion go into system preferences.
2. Click on speach
3. Click on text to speech
4. Check Speak selected text when key is pressed
5. click on change key button and select the button you want to use. I
use <Alt-'>
6. Got to emacs and Highlight some text in a buffer
7. press the speech key combo for me <Alt-'>
8. The name of the buffer is spoken not the highlighted text.

This worked properly in Snow Leapard.


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Message #8 received at 11134 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu <mituharu <at> math.s.chiba-u.ac.jp>
To: Charles Magid <cmmagid <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 11134 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11134: 24.0.94;
	Mac's Text to Speech stopped working in emacs buffers when I
	moved	from Snow Leopard to Lion
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 09:54:33 +0900

>>>>> On Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:09:45 -0400, Charles Magid <cmmagid <at> gmail.com> said:

> 1. On Mac OS X Lion go into system preferences.
> 2. Click on speach
> 3. Click on text to speech
> 4. Check Speak selected text when key is pressed
> 5. click on change key button and select the button you want to use. I
> use <Alt-'>
> 6. Got to emacs and Highlight some text in a buffer
> 7. press the speech key combo for me <Alt-'>
> 8. The name of the buffer is spoken not the highlighted text.

> This worked properly in Snow Leapard.

Lion's "text to speech" seems to use accessibility that the NS port
doesn't support yet, and that would explain why the name of the buffer
is spoken.  If you try the Mac port (*) that has experimental
accessibility support, the selected text will be spoken (and buffer
text if no selection).

*: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2012-03/msg00030.html

				     YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
				mituharu <at> math.s.chiba-u.ac.jp

Message #11 received at 11134 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu <mituharu <at> math.s.chiba-u.ac.jp>
Cc: cmmagid <at> gmail.com, 11134 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11134: 24.0.94;
	Mac's Text to Speech stopped working in emacs buffers when
	I	moved	from Snow Leopard to Lion
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 08:44:45 +0300

> Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 09:54:33 +0900
> From: YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu <mituharu <at> math.s.chiba-u.ac.jp>
> Cc: 11134 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> >>>>> On Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:09:45 -0400, Charles Magid <cmmagid <at> gmail.com> said:
> 
> > 1. On Mac OS X Lion go into system preferences.
> > 2. Click on speach
> > 3. Click on text to speech
> > 4. Check Speak selected text when key is pressed
> > 5. click on change key button and select the button you want to use. I
> > use <Alt-'>
> > 6. Got to emacs and Highlight some text in a buffer
> > 7. press the speech key combo for me <Alt-'>
> > 8. The name of the buffer is spoken not the highlighted text.
> 
> > This worked properly in Snow Leapard.
> 
> Lion's "text to speech" seems to use accessibility that the NS port
> doesn't support yet, and that would explain why the name of the buffer
> is spoken.

How about adding this to etc/PROBLEMS?

Message #14 received at 11134 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>
To: YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu <mituharu <at> math.s.chiba-u.ac.jp>
Cc: Charles Magid <cmmagid <at> gmail.com>, 11134 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11134: 24.0.94;
	Mac's Text to Speech stopped working in emacs buffers when I
	moved	from Snow Leopard to Lion
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 16:34:56 +0200

31 mar 2012 kl. 02:54 skrev YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu:

>>>>>> On Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:09:45 -0400, Charles Magid <cmmagid <at> gmail.com> said:
> 
>> 1. On Mac OS X Lion go into system preferences.
>> 2. Click on speach
>> 3. Click on text to speech
>> 4. Check Speak selected text when key is pressed
>> 5. click on change key button and select the button you want to use. I
>> use <Alt-'>
>> 6. Got to emacs and Highlight some text in a buffer
>> 7. press the speech key combo for me <Alt-'>
>> 8. The name of the buffer is spoken not the highlighted text.
> 
>> This worked properly in Snow Leapard.
> 
> Lion's "text to speech" seems to use accessibility that the NS port
> doesn't support yet, and that would explain why the name of the buffer
> is spoken.  If you try the Mac port (*) that has experimental
> accessibility support, the selected text will be spoken (and buffer
> text if no selection).
> 
> 

The NS port does not support accessability at all, but if it is the function described by YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu above you want, try the patch below.  As we are in feature freeze, a proper checkin will have to wait.

	Jan D.


=== modified file 'src/nsterm.m'
--- src/nsterm.m        2012-02-04 15:10:54 +0000
+++ src/nsterm.m        2012-03-31 14:25:59 +0000
@@ -6034,6 +6034,46 @@
 
 @implementation EmacsWindow
 
+- (id)accessibilityAttributeValue:(NSString *)attribute
+{
+  Lisp_Object str = Qnil;
+
+  if ([attribute isEqualToString:NSAccessibilityRoleAttribute])
+    return NSAccessibilityTextFieldRole;
+
+  if ([attribute isEqualToString:NSAccessibilitySelectedTextAttribute] &&
+      ! NILP (BVAR (current_buffer, mark_active)))
+    {
+      str = ns_get_local_selection (QPRIMARY, QUTF8_STRING);
+    }
+  else if ([attribute isEqualToString:NSAccessibilityValueAttribute])
+    {
+      if (! NILP (BVAR (current_buffer, mark_active)))
+        str = ns_get_local_selection (QPRIMARY, QUTF8_STRING);
+      if (NILP (str))
+        str = Fbuffer_string ();
+    }
+  
+  
+  if (! NILP (str)) 
+    {
+      if (CONSP (str) && SYMBOLP (XCAR (str)))
+        {
+          str = XCDR (str);
+          if (CONSP (str) && NILP (XCDR (str)))
+            str = XCAR (str);
+        }
+      if (STRINGP (str))
+        {
+          char *utfStr = SSDATA (str);
+          NSString *nsStr = [NSString stringWithUTF8String: utfStr];
+          return nsStr;
+        }
+    }
+  
+  return [super accessibilityAttributeValue:attribute];
+}
+
 /* If we have multiple monitors, one above the other, we don't want to
    restrict the height to just one monitor.  So we override this.  */
 - (NSRect)constrainFrameRect:(NSRect)frameRect toScreen:(NSScreen *)screen

Message #17 received at 11134 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu <mituharu <at> math.s.chiba-u.ac.jp>
To: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>
Cc: Charles Magid <cmmagid <at> gmail.com>, 11134 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11134: 24.0.94;
	Mac's Text to Speech stopped working in emacs buffers when I
	moved	from Snow Leopard to Lion
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2012 12:09:03 +0900

>>>>> On Sat, 31 Mar 2012 16:34:56 +0200, Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se> said:

> The NS port does not support accessability at all, but if it is the
> function described by YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu above you want, try the
> patch below.  

> +  else if ([attribute isEqualToString:NSAccessibilityValueAttribute])
> +    {
> +      if (! NILP (BVAR (current_buffer, mark_active)))
> +        str = ns_get_local_selection (QPRIMARY, QUTF8_STRING);
> +      if (NILP (str))
> +        str = Fbuffer_string ();
> +    }

Is it safe to call Fbuffer_string (in particular, move the gap) inside
read_socket_hook?  It is apparently unsafe without SYNC_INPUT, but I'm
not sure if it is supposed to be OK for the SYNC_INPUT case.

				     YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
				mituharu <at> math.s.chiba-u.ac.jp

Message #20 received at 11134 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>
To: YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu <mituharu <at> math.s.chiba-u.ac.jp>
Cc: Charles Magid <cmmagid <at> gmail.com>, 11134 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11134: 24.0.94;
	Mac's Text to Speech stopped working in emacs buffers when I
	moved	from Snow Leopard to Lion
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2012 11:10:48 +0200

Hello.

1 apr 2012 kl. 05:09 skrev YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu:

>>>>>> On Sat, 31 Mar 2012 16:34:56 +0200, Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se> said:
> 
>> The NS port does not support accessability at all, but if it is the
>> function described by YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu above you want, try the
>> patch below.  
> 
>> +  else if ([attribute isEqualToString:NSAccessibilityValueAttribute])
>> +    {
>> +      if (! NILP (BVAR (current_buffer, mark_active)))
>> +        str = ns_get_local_selection (QPRIMARY, QUTF8_STRING);
>> +      if (NILP (str))
>> +        str = Fbuffer_string ();
>> +    }
> 
> Is it safe to call Fbuffer_string (in particular, move the gap) inside
> read_socket_hook?  It is apparently unsafe without SYNC_INPUT, but I'm
> not sure if it is supposed to be OK for the SYNC_INPUT case.
> 


Can you show where move_gap runs Lisp code?
Updating the properties might run hooks, so we probably don't want to use Fbuffer_string for that reason.

	Jan D.

Message #23 received at 11134 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu <mituharu <at> math.s.chiba-u.ac.jp>
Cc: Charles Magid <cmmagid <at> gmail.com>, 11134 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
	Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>
Subject: Re: bug#11134: 24.0.94;
	Mac's Text to Speech stopped working in emacs buffers when I
	moved	from Snow Leopard to Lion
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2012 09:26:03 -0400

>> The NS port does not support accessability at all, but if it is the
>> function described by YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu above you want, try the
>> patch below.
>> +  else if ([attribute isEqualToString:NSAccessibilityValueAttribute])
>> +    {
>> +      if (! NILP (BVAR (current_buffer, mark_active)))
>> +        str = ns_get_local_selection (QPRIMARY, QUTF8_STRING);
>> +      if (NILP (str))
>> +        str = Fbuffer_string ();
>> +    }
> Is it safe to call Fbuffer_string (in particular, move the gap) inside
> read_socket_hook?  It is apparently unsafe without SYNC_INPUT, but I'm
> not sure if it is supposed to be OK for the SYNC_INPUT case.

Indeed without SYNC_INPUT it's clearly unsafe (not just because of
move_gap).

And to tell you the truth, I'm not sure either what is safe with
SYNC_INPUT and what isn't.

This said, it shouldn't be difficult to change make_buffer_string_both
such that it doesn't need to move the gap, at which point I think it
would be OK.


        Stefan

Message #26 received at 11134 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu <mituharu <at> math.s.chiba-u.ac.jp>
To: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>
Cc: Charles Magid <cmmagid <at> gmail.com>, 11134 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11134: 24.0.94;
	Mac's Text to Speech stopped working in emacs buffers when I
	moved	from Snow Leopard to Lion
Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2012 07:50:47 +0900

>>>>> On Sun, 1 Apr 2012 11:10:48 +0200, Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se> said:

>> Is it safe to call Fbuffer_string (in particular, move the gap)
>> inside read_socket_hook?  It is apparently unsafe without
>> SYNC_INPUT, but I'm not sure if it is supposed to be OK for the
>> SYNC_INPUT case.

> Can you show where move_gap runs Lisp code?

What I was concerned was not about running Lisp code.  If
read_socket_hook is called while the Lisp interpreter is operating on
some buffer contents through a pointer, then you shouldn't move the
gap in the middle of such an operation.  At least without SYNC_INPUT,
this actually happens.

> Updating the properties might run hooks, so we probably don't want
> to use Fbuffer_string for that reason.

And another reason would be what you are interested in is not always
the same as `current_buffer', but probably `XBUFFER (XWINDOW
(f->selected_window)->buffer)'.

				     YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
				mituharu <at> math.s.chiba-u.ac.jp

Message #31 received at 11134-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>
To: Charles Magid <cmmagid <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 11134-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11134: 24.0.94;
	Mac's Text to Speech stopped working in emacs buffers when I moved
	from Snow Leopard to Lion
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2012 13:23:05 +0200

Hello.

Patch slightly reworked and checked in.

	Jan D.

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