RE: Mac specific trick for working with chromevox and emacs

[Alex Midence <alex.midence@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sweet.  Does it work inwindows, I wonder?  I don't have Chrome installed on
my Linux machine.  I rarely bring up X on it since it's primarily a web
server.  

Alex M


-----Original Message-----
From: T. V. Raman [mailto:tv.raman.tv@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2013 9:12 AM
To: bart@xxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: emacspeak@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Mac specific trick for working with chromevox and emacs

:-) glad you discovered edit-with-emacs it's been a life-saver for me the
last few years.
>>>>> "Bart" == Bart Bunting <bart@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
    Bart> Hi,
    Bart> 
    Bart> Here is a little trick I'm finding useful when working
    Bart> with edit fields in chrome.
    Bart> 
    Bart> The EditWithEmacs chrome extension allows you to edit
    Bart> textareas in emacs. Just install it from the chrome
    Bart> store.
    Bart> 
    Bart> Once you follow the instructions you will get something
    Bart> called "gumdrop" after text areas. Click on this and
    Bart> the text area content pops up in emacs for editing and
    Bart> c-c c-c closes the buffer.
    Bart> 
    Bart> The trick is that when this happens I was having to
    Bart> manually switch focus between chrome and emacs. Not all
    Bart> that cumbersome but annoying
    Bart> 
    Bart> With the addition of two tiny defuns and the hooks
    Bart> provided by edit-server I have been able to automate
    Bart> that process.
    Bart> 
    Bart> So now when I click the gumdrop I'm in the focused
    Bart> emacs buffer and when I hit c-c c-c when finished I'm
    Bart> back in chrome.
    Bart> 
    Bart> I thought this may be helpful to anyone else out there
    Bart> using mac with emacspeak.
    Bart> 
    Bart> Here is the trivial code.
    Bart> 
    Bart> (defun bb-focus-chrome () (interactive)
    Bart> (ns-do-applescript "tell application \"Google Chrome\"
    Bart> activate end tell"))
    Bart> 
    Bart> (add-hook 'edit-server-done-hook 'bb-focus-chrome)
    Bart> 
    Bart> (defun bb-focus-emacs () (interactive)
    Bart> (ns-do-applescript "tell application \"Emacs\" activate
    Bart> end tell"))
    Bart> 
    Bart> (add-hook 'edit-server-start-hook 'bb-focus-emacs)
    Bart>    
    Bart> Kind regards
    Bart> 
    Bart> Bart
    Bart> 
    Bart>
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Best Regards,
--raman

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