Merge 306970b into 9958841

ABuffEr · web-flow · commit 5900fdb1baf2 · 2023-03-29T03:56:37.000+10:00
diff --git a/source/speechDictHandler/__init__.py b/source/speechDictHandler/__init__.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 import os
 import codecs
 import api
-import config
 from . import dictFormatUpgrade
 from .speechDictVars import speechDictsPath
 
@@ -115,9 +114,22 @@ def sub(self, text):
 				del self[index]
 		return text
 
+
+# useful for #14689 (see below)
+IGNORE_TRAILING_WHITESPACE_LENGTH = 100
+
 def processText(text):
 	if not globalVars.speechDictionaryProcessing:
 		return text
+	# #14689: API level < 2 UIA consoles have many blank lines, which slows processing to a halt
+	# Because from UIAHandler.constants import WinConsoleAPILevel
+	# cause crashes as global import, and probably slowdowns here
+	# use 2 instead of WinConsoleAPILevel.FORMATTED constant
+	focus = api.getFocusObject()
+	if hasattr(focus, "apiLevel") and focus.apiLevel < 2:
+		stripText = text.rstrip()
+		if len(text) - len(stripText) > IGNORE_TRAILING_WHITESPACE_LENGTH:
+			text = stripText
 	for type in dictTypes:
 		text=dictionaries[type].sub(text)
 	return text
