I don't understand your questions very well, but for your first one, it sounds like you're pressing Enter from the Contacts, Conversations, or History list when trying to read chat messages. You must have your Skype set up to dial when you press Enter there. That's an option in Options, and the other choice is to have the conversation open instead so you can read it. Either way, you can open the conversation by pressing the Applications key, which brings up a Context menu, and choosing "Send IM."
Btw, if you're running scripts, Alt+2 will not switch to the Conversation list but will try to read a chat message. With scripts running, the conversation list is reached with Ctrl+2. The "All Other Contacts" entry in the Contacts list is provided by Skype itself, and it acts somewhat like a node in a TreeView: If you arrow right on it, the rest of your otherwise hidden contacts will appear below it. Arrowing left on it will again hide those contacts. Unfortunately though, arrowing left on a contact that appears below it will not move back to the "All Other Contacts" entry, as would be the case in a real treeView. On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 05:04:28PM +0100, Yvonne Oliver wrote: > hello i have 2 questions > > 1 when i press alt 2 to read messages such as the newest one i have i > press enter to read it but it dials the person that sent it this cant be > right surely? am i doing this wrong how do i read all the conversations > including the newest one without calling the person who sent it > > this also happens with history > > and in my contacts list below those offline the is one called all other > contacts i think this has appeared because i typed in my other account > but it does not show my other username and delete won't work how can i > delete this? all the others will delete if required > > thanks > > Yvonne > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Lee" <dgl at dlee.org> > To: "screen access software with skype" <skypeenglish at emissives.com> > Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 5:07 AM > Subject: Re: [Skypeenglish] Bls: Reply to several 4.1 script issuesfrom > this week > > >> Because the Skype hotkeys, unfortunately, conflict with the standard >> keys for reviewing messages. Alt+numbers are used for this in >> multiple IM clients besides Skype. >> >> On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 12:03:01PM +0800, Cute Teddybear wrote: >> Doug, skype already have a short-cut key for contact list, conversation >> list and history list. Why must you create the comand key for this >> three things again? >> >> Daripada: Doug Lee >> Tarikh: 10 July, 2009 9:14 PM >> Kepada: SkypeEnglish at emissives.com >> Subjek: [Skypeenglish] Reply to several 4.1 script issues from this week >> >> >> I'm just getting home from the NFB convention, and as a very brief >> power outage at my home last Friday flipped out my router and caused >> me to lose access to mail from then until now, I had to catch up >> with a lot of emails I hadn't seen yet. I'll give brief answers >> to issues raised regarding Skype 4.1 and the 4.1 scripts in this >> message. >> >> First, SkypeWatch not reporting your status changes: This was a bug, >> and I had not tested for it. I have fixed this for the next script >> release. >> >> Someone remarked that the Select Emoticon feature is no longer usable >> in the 4.1 scripts. It should be usable, but I have a mind to rewrite >> that command to use the actual emoticon names provided by Skype >> itself, thus allowing automatic localization. This is not done yet >> though. If Skype would implement the emoticon panel as a list instead >> of something you tab through, the script would no longer be needed at >> all. I have already brought that to Skype's attention as well. >> >> About finding out the last login time/date of a contact: Sadly we >> lost that a long time ago and have not gotten it back. I have >> mentioned that one but not pushed it nearly as hard as other things >> like access to voicemail from the keyboard. In technical terms, the >> MSAA AccHelp property for contacts was lost in 4.0 and did not come >> back in 4.1, and that property contained the last online info. I >> don't actually know if sighted people can get that information now. >> >> About the "unknown function call" messages when virtualizing chat >> messages: This was a problem in earlier beta script versions for >> Skype 4.1 but should be fixed in the latest beta version I made >> available. If someone is getting this in beta3, please let me know. >> >> At least one person reported having difficulty getting back to the >> Contact list after ending a call. If Ctrl+1 or Ctrl+2 doesn't work, >> try the other one and then the one you want. I have seen Skype >> require this sort of wake-up call from time to time. >> >> Finally, apologies to anyone whose inquiry I missed and which was not >> already answered by someone else. I have a few messages I am about to >> answer individually though. >> Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for >> the latest version of skype go to >> http://www.dlee.org/skype >> To access tutorials and other goodies go to >> http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html >> thanks and have a wonderful day. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Skypeenglish mailing list >> Skypeenglish at emissives.com >> http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com >> >> -- >> Doug Lee dgl at dlee.org http://www.dlee.org >> SSB BART Group doug.lee at ssbbartgroup.com >> http://www.ssbbartgroup.com >> "Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then...find >> the way." - Abraham Lincoln >> >> Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for >> the latest version of skype go to >> http://www.dlee.org/skype >> To access tutorials and other goodies go to >> http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html >> thanks and have a wonderful day. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Skypeenglish mailing list >> Skypeenglish at emissives.com >> http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.386 / Virus Database: 270.13.13/2237 - Release Date: > 07/14/09 05:56:00 > > > Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for the > latest version of skype go to > http://www.dlee.org/skype > To access tutorials and other goodies go to > http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html > thanks and have a wonderful day. > > > _______________________________________________ > Skypeenglish mailing list > Skypeenglish at emissives.com > http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com -- Doug Lee dgl at dlee.org http://www.dlee.org SSB BART Group doug.lee at ssbbartgroup.com http://www.ssbbartgroup.com "I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum." Bishop Desmond Tutu
