Maybe finally solved the plugin keybinding issue...

QUICKSTART

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-See http://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Cthulhu

README.md

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Cthulhu 
 
+## Note
+
+If you somehow stumbled across this while looking for a desktop screen reader for Linux, you most likely want [Orca](https://orca.gnome.org/) instead. Cthulhu is currently a supplemental screen reader that fills a nitch for some advanced users. E.g. some older QT based programs may work with Cthulhu, and if you use certain window managers like i3, Mozilla applications like Firefox and Thunderbird may work better.
+
+
 ## Introduction
 
 Cthulhu is a free, open source, flexible, and extensible screen reader
@@ -20,7 +25,7 @@ Cthulhu has the following dependencies:
 
 * Python 3         - Python platform
 * pygobject-3.0    - Python bindings for the GObject library
-* libpeas          - GObject based Plugin engine
+* pluggy          - Plugin and hook calling mechanisms for python
 * gtk+-3.0         - GTK+ toolkit
 * json-py          - a JSON (<https://json.org/>) reader and writer in Python
 * python-speechd   - Python bindings for Speech Dispatcher (optional)
@@ -30,7 +35,6 @@ Cthulhu has the following dependencies:
 * py-setproctitle  - Python library to set the process title (optional)
 * gstreamer-1.0    - GStreamer - Streaming media framework (optional)
 * socat            - Used for self-voicing functionality.
-* libpeas          - For the plugin system.
 
 You are strongly encouraged to also have the latest stable versions
 of AT-SPI2 and ATK.

src/cthulhu/cthulhu.py

@@ -47,9 +47,7 @@ class APIHelper:
         self.app = app
         self._gestureBindings = {}
         
-    def registerGestureByString(self, function, name, gestureString, 
-                                inputEventType='default', normalizer='cthulhu',
-                                learnModeEnabled=True, contextName=None):
+    def registerGestureByString(self, function, name, gestureString, inputEventType='default', normalizer='cthulhu', learnModeEnabled=True, contextName=None):
         """Register a gesture by string.
     
         Arguments:
@@ -95,7 +93,12 @@ class APIHelper:
                     self.description = description
             
                 def __call__(self, script, inputEvent):
-                    return self.function(script, inputEvent)
+                    try:
+                        return function(script, inputEvent)
+                    except Exception as e:
+                        import logging
+                        logging.getLogger(__name__).error(f"Error in keybinding handler: {e}")
+                        return True
         
             handler = GestureHandler(function, name)
         
@@ -108,6 +111,8 @@ class APIHelper:
                     keybindings.defaultModifierMask,
                     modifiers,
                     handler)
+                
+                # Add the binding to the active script
                 bindings.add(binding)
             
                 # Store binding for later reference
@@ -115,6 +120,13 @@ class APIHelper:
                     self._gestureBindings[contextName] = []
                 self._gestureBindings[contextName].append(binding)
             
+                # Register key grab at the system level
+                grab_ids = self.app.addKeyGrab(binding)
+            
+                # For later removal
+                if grab_ids:
+                    binding._grab_ids = grab_ids
+            
                 return binding
     
         return None
@@ -132,10 +144,17 @@ class APIHelper:
             bindings = cthulhu_state.activeScript.getKeyBindings()
             bindings.remove(binding)
         
-        # Remove from our tracking
+        # Remove key grab at system level
+        if hasattr(binding, '_grab_ids'):
+            for grab_id in binding._grab_ids:
+                self.app.removeKeyGrab(grab_id)
+            
+        # Remove from tracking
         if contextName in self._gestureBindings:
             if binding in self._gestureBindings[contextName]:
                 self._gestureBindings[contextName].remove(binding)
+
+
 import gi
 import importlib
 import os

src/cthulhu/cthulhuVersion.py

@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@
 # Fork of Orca Screen Reader (GNOME)
 # Original source: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/orca
 
-version = "2025.04.04"
+version = "2025.04.18"
 codeName = "testing"

src/cthulhu/plugins/self_voice/plugin.py

@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2024 Stormux
-# Copyright (c) 2010-2012 The Orca Team
-# Copyright (c) 2012 Igalia, S.L.
-# Copyright (c) 2005-2010 Sun Microsystems Inc.
 #
 # This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 # modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
@@ -20,8 +17,6 @@
 # Free Software Foundation, Inc., Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
 # Boston MA  02110-1301 USA.
 #
-# Fork of Orca Screen Reader (GNOME)
-# Original source: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/orca
 
 """Self Voice plugin for Cthulhu screen reader."""