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| -rw-r--r-- | build/entities/common.ent | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | debian/changelog | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | en/boot-installer/accessibility.xml | 20 |
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diff --git a/build/entities/common.ent b/build/entities/common.ent index 627aef2cf..3eef6f92b 100644 --- a/build/entities/common.ent +++ b/build/entities/common.ent @@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ <!ENTITY enterkey "<keycap>Enter</keycap>"> <!ENTITY escapekey "<keycap>Esc</keycap>"> <!ENTITY tabkey "<keycap>Tab</keycap>"> +<!ENTITY spacekey "<keycap>Space</keycap>"> +<!ENTITY shiftkey "<keycap>Shift</keycap>"> <!ENTITY MSG-YES "<userinput>Yes</userinput>"> <!ENTITY MSG-NO "<userinput>No</userinput>"> <!ENTITY BTN-CONT "<guibutton>Continue</guibutton>"> diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 28adc5062..9b82a5aa0 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ installation-guide (20210805) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium * Spanish by eulalio * Swedish by Luna Jernberg + [ Samuel Thibault ] + * Provide more details on the textual front-end keyboard shortcuts. + -- Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org> Thu, 05 Aug 2021 22:57:21 +0200 installation-guide (20210730) unstable; urgency=medium diff --git a/en/boot-installer/accessibility.xml b/en/boot-installer/accessibility.xml index 565bdd872..6a305e95e 100644 --- a/en/boot-installer/accessibility.xml +++ b/en/boot-installer/accessibility.xml @@ -32,6 +32,26 @@ uses plain text while <userinput>newt</userinput> uses text-based dialog boxes. The choice can be made at the boot prompt, see the documentation for <userinput>DEBIAN_FRONTEND</userinput> in <xref linkend="installer-args"/>. +</para><para> + +With the <userinput>newt</userinput> front-end (used mostly with braille), one +mostly just selects answers with arrow keys, and one presses &enterkey; to +validate the choice. Pressing &tabkey; and &shiftkey; - &tabkey; allows to +switch between dialog elements, and notably to access the +<userinput>Go Back</userinput> button with brings back again to previous +questions. Some dialogs contain check boxes, which can be ticked on and off by +pressing &spacekey;. + +</para><para> + +With the <userinput>text</userinput> front-end (used mostly with speech), one +mostly selects answers by typing their number followed by pressing &enterkey;. +One can also just not type anything and just press +&enterkey; to just accept the default value. Typing <userinput><</userinput> +and pressing &enterkey; brings back again to previous questions. When a +selection of choices has to be made (e.g. during task selection), one can type +<userinput>!</userinput> to express an empty selection. + </para> </sect2> |