Ubuntu
dasher package

dasher cannot write text directly into another window

Bug #104996 reported by Ramin Nakisa on 2007-04-09

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	dasher (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Low	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: dasher

Section 4.4 of the help that comes with version 4.4.0 in feisty package 4.4.0-0ubuntu1 says:

You can also have whatever is written in Dasher be directly beamed to another window.
Enable the `send text to other window' option under the options menu. Then the window that
you select will get Dasher's output.

I can't seem to get this to work. And there's no such option in the options menus.

Revision history for this message

Ramin Nakisa (ramin-nakisa) wrote on 2007-04-10:

Application style option in windows Edit (30.0 KiB, image/jpeg)

Dasher 4.2.2 under windows has this option in the "View" tab called "Application Style" with two options: Stand-alone and Direct entry. I can't see these in the linux version of Dasher in Ubuntu.

Revision history for this message

Phil Cowans (pjc51) wrote on 2007-04-11:

Try specifying

--appstyle=direct

on the command line.

Revision history for this message

Ramin Nakisa (ramin-nakisa) wrote on 2007-04-11: Re: [Bug 104996] Re: dasher cannot write text directly into another window

Download full text (4.6 KiB)

On Wednesday 11 April 2007 07:35:34 Phil Cowans wrote:
> Try specifying
>
> --appstyle=direct
>
> on the command line.

Thanks - this looks promising. The dasher window appears with no text editing
box, but when I stream the text it does not appear in any other windows
(tried konsole, scite, open office writer). The console output follows (the
suspicious bit is at the end about the missing AT_SPI_REGISTRY):

** (dasher:3124): DEBUG: Initialising DasherMain
Gtk-Message: The filename "\370\360\377\367\007\206Q0" couldn't be converted
to UTF-8. (try setting the environment variable G_FILENAME_ENCODING): Invalid
byte sequence in conversion input
Gtk-Message: The filename "=\302g\360\346o\234\005\0019*\211\360\253\352#?
\322J0\250\231\020f\2405\227mz\345\321@\233\306\24170\361\006\2734&\3113\233AP"
couldn't be converted to UTF-8. (try setting the environment variable
G_FILENAME_ENCODING): Invalid byte sequence in conversion input
Gtk-Message: The filename "\370\360\377\367\007\206Q0" couldn't be converted
to UTF-8. (try setting the environment variable G_FILENAME_ENCODING): Invalid
byte sequence in conversion input
Gtk-Message: The filename "=\302g\360\346o\234\005\0019*\211\360\253\352#?
\322J0\250\231\020f\2405\227mz\345\321@\233\306\24170\361\006\2734&\3113\233AP"
couldn't be converted to UTF-8. (try setting the environment variable
G_FILENAME_ENCODING): Invalid byte sequence in conversion input
Gtk-Message: The filename "\370\360\377\367\007\206Q0" couldn't be converted
to UTF-8. (try setting the environment variable G_FILENAME_ENCODING): Invalid
byte sequence in conversion input
Gtk-Message: The filename "=\302g\360\346o\234\005\0019*\211\360\253\352#?
\322J0\250\231\020f\2405\227mz\345\321@\233\306\24170\361\006\2734&\3113\233AP"
couldn't be converted to UTF-8. (try setting the environment variable
G_FILENAME_ENCODING): Invalid byte sequence in conversion input
Gtk-Message: The filename "\370\360\377\367\007\206Q0" couldn't be converted
to UTF-8. (try setting the environment variable G_FILENAME_ENCODING): Invalid
byte sequence in conversion input
Gtk-Message: The filename "=\302g\360\346o\234\005\0019*\211\360\253\352#?
\322J0\250\231\020f\2405\227mz\345\321@\233\306\24170\361\006\2734&\3113\233AP"
couldn't be converted to UTF-8. (try setting the environment variable
G_FILENAME_ENCODING): Invalid byte sequence in conversion input
Gtk-Message: The filename "\370\360\377\367\007\206Q0" couldn't be converted
to UTF-8. (try setting the environment variable G_FILENAME_ENCODING): Invalid
byte sequence in conversion input
Gtk-Message: The filename "=\302g\360\346o\234\005\0019*\211\360\253\352#?
\322J0\250\231\020f\2405\227mz\345\321@\233\306\24170\361\006\2734&\3113\233AP"
couldn't be converted to UTF-8. (try setting the environment variable
G_FILENAME_ENCODING): Invalid byte sequence in conversion input

(dasher:3124): libglade-WARNING **: could not find signal
handler 'windowpause'.

(dasher:3124): libglade-WARNING **: could not find signal
handler 'startonspace'.

(dasher:3124): libglade-WARNING **: could not find signal handler 'adaptive'.

(dasher:3124): libglade-WARNING **: could not find signal
handler 'startonleft...

On Wednesday 11 April 2007 07:35:34 Phil Cowans wrote:
> Try specifying
>
> --appstyle=direct
>
> on the command line.

Thanks - this looks promising. The dasher window appears with no text editing 
box, but when I stream the text it does not appear in any other windows 
(tried konsole, scite, open office writer). The console output follows (the 
suspicious bit is at the end about the missing AT_SPI_REGISTRY):

** (dasher:3124): DEBUG: Initialising DasherMain
Gtk-Message: The filename "\370\360\377\367\007\206Q0" couldn't be converted 
to UTF-8. (try setting the environment variable G_FILENAME_ENCODING): Invalid 
byte sequence in conversion input
Gtk-Message: The filename "=\302g\360\346o\234\005\0019*\211\360\253\352#?
\322J0\250\231\020f\2405\227mz\345\321@\233\306\24170\361\006\2734&\3113\233AP" 
couldn't be converted to UTF-8. (try setting the environment variable 
G_FILENAME_ENCODING): Invalid byte sequence in conversion input
Gtk-Message: The filename "\370\360\377\367\007\206Q0" couldn't be converted 
to UTF-8. (try setting the environment variable G_FILENAME_ENCODING): Invalid 
byte sequence in conversion input
Gtk-Message: The filename "=\302g\360\346o\234\005\0019*\211\360\253\352#?
\322J0\250\231\020f\2405\227mz\345\321@\233\306\24170\361\006\2734&\3113\233AP" 
couldn't be converted to UTF-8. (try setting the environment variable 
G_FILENAME_ENCODING): Invalid byte sequence in conversion input
Gtk-Message: The filename "\370\360\377\367\007\206Q0" couldn't be converted 
to UTF-8. (try setting the environment variable G_FILENAME_ENCODING): Invalid 
byte sequence in conversion input
Gtk-Message: The filename "=\302g\360\346o\234\005\0019*\211\360\253\352#?
\322J0\250\231\020f\2405\227mz\345\321@\233\306\24170\361\006\2734&\3113\233AP" 
couldn't be converted to UTF-8. (try setting the environment variable 
G_FILENAME_ENCODING): Invalid byte sequence in conversion input
Gtk-Message: The filename "\370\360\377\367\007\206Q0" couldn't be converted 
to UTF-8. (try setting the environment variable G_FILENAME_ENCODING): Invalid 
byte sequence in conversion input
Gtk-Message: The filename "=\302g\360\346o\234\005\0019*\211\360\253\352#?
\322J0\250\231\020f\2405\227mz\345\321@\233\306\24170\361\006\2734&\3113\233AP" 
couldn't be converted to UTF-8. (try setting the environment variable 
G_FILENAME_ENCODING): Invalid byte sequence in conversion input
Gtk-Message: The filename "\370\360\377\367\007\206Q0" couldn't be converted 
to UTF-8. (try setting the environment variable G_FILENAME_ENCODING): Invalid 
byte sequence in conversion input
Gtk-Message: The filename "=\302g\360\346o\234\005\0019*\211\360\253\352#?
\322J0\250\231\020f\2405\227mz\345\321@\233\306\24170\361\006\2734&\3113\233AP" 
couldn't be converted to UTF-8. (try setting the environment variable 
G_FILENAME_ENCODING): Invalid byte sequence in conversion input

(dasher:3124): libglade-WARNING **: could not find signal 
handler 'windowpause'.

(dasher:3124): libglade-WARNING **: could not find signal 
handler 'startonspace'.

(dasher:3124): libglade-WARNING **: could not find signal handler 'adaptive'.

(dasher:3124): libglade-WARNING **: could not find signal 
handler 'startonleft'.

(dasher:3124): libglade-WARNING **: could not find signal 
handler 'on_window_map'.

(dasher:3124): libglade-WARNING **: could not find signal 
handler 'ask_save_before_exit'.

(dasher:3124): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid (NULL) pointer instance

(dasher:3124): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_signal_connect_data: assertion 
`G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed

(dasher:3124): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid (NULL) pointer instance

(dasher:3124): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_signal_connect_data: assertion 
`G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed

(dasher:3124): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid (NULL) pointer instance

(dasher:3124): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_signal_connect_data: assertion 
`G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed

(dasher:3124): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_paned_set_position: assertion 
`GTK_IS_PANED (paned)' failed

(dasher:3124): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_modify_font: assertion 
`GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
** (dasher:3124): DEBUG: Initialising DasherEditor

(dasher:3124): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_text_view_get_buffer: assertion 
`GTK_IS_TEXT_VIEW (text_view)' failed

(dasher:3124): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_text_buffer_get_start_iter: assertion 
`GTK_IS_TEXT_BUFFER (buffer)' failed

(dasher:3124): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_text_buffer_create_mark: assertion 
`GTK_IS_TEXT_BUFFER (buffer)' failed

** (dasher:3124): WARNING **: AT_SPI_REGISTRY was not started at session 
startup.

** (dasher:3124): WARNING **: Could not locate registry

Revision history for this message

cornbread (corn13read) wrote on 2007-08-19: I have the same issue!

Running Gutsy Herd4

dasher --appstyle=direct
** Message: Creating new external editor
Getting info for English with limited punctuation
/bin/sh: /usr/bin/esd: not found

** (dasher:8199): WARNING **: AT_SPI_REGISTRY was not started at session startup.

** (dasher:8199): WARNING **: Could not locate registry
** Message: Could not initilaise SPI - accessibility options disabled

Revision history for this message

cornbread (corn13read) wrote on 2007-08-20:

I installed from source and it works fine! mwuhahahhahaha

Revision history for this message

cornbread (corn13read) wrote on 2007-08-21: Re: ok i spoke too soon.

It did give me more options but i still can not write to another window...

i tried

dasher --appstyle=direct

and dasher -o

neither work.

Revision history for this message

Matthias Urlichs (smurf) wrote on 2008-03-19:

Seems that that option got broken. 4.7.0 looks promising WRT all the other bugs logged here, but not this one. :-/

Revision history for this message

Matthias Urlichs (smurf) wrote on 2008-03-19:

The daemon "/usr/lib/at-spi/at-spi-registryd" needs to be running. It should start when you turn on accessibility (and log out and back in), or you can start it manually.

Changed in dasher:
importance:	Undecided → Low

Revision history for this message

Alan Bell (alanbell) wrote on 2010-05-27:

launching with "dasher -a direct" will provide the desired behaviour. The glade file for the preferences does have options for the different application styles, but this bit is hidden and doesn't work. I believe there is some upstream work on enhancing the UI for this.

Revision history for this message

rusivi2 (rusivi2-deactivatedaccount) wrote on 2010-09-15:

#10

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The version of Ubuntu your reporting this issue on is in End of Life status. You can learn more about this at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases Please update Ubuntu, provide a detailed error report, and mark this bug as new. Thanks!