tell the TTS system the pause without messinng config files

config/punctuation/default.conf

@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ all:===:!"#$%&\'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\\]^_`{|}~
 @:===:at
 \:===:backslash
 |:===:bar
-!:===:bang!
+!:===:bang
 ^:===:carrot
-::===:colon:
-,:===:comma,
+::===:colon
+,:===:comma
 -:===:dash
 $:===:dollar
-.:===:dot.
+.:===:dot
 >:===:greater
 `:===:grave
 #:===:hash
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ $:===:dollar
 ):===:right paren
 }:===:right brace
 ]:===:right bracket
-;:===:semicolon;
+;:===:semicolon
 /:===:slash
 *:===:star
 ~:===:tilde

config/settings/settings.conf

@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ doubleTapTimeout=0.2
 debugLevel=0
 punctuationProfile=default
 punctuationLevel=some
+respectPunctuationPause=True
 numberOfClipboards=10
 emoticons=True
 # define the current fenrir key

config/settings/settings.conf.storm

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ doubleTapTimeout=0.2
 debugLevel=0
 punctuationProfile=default
 punctuationLevel=some
+respectPunctuationPause=True
 numberOfClipboards=10
 emoticons=True
 fenrirKeys=KEY_KP0

src/fenrir/core/punctuationManager.py

@@ -43,7 +43,12 @@ class punctuationManager():
         if punctuationDict and punctuation and punctuation != '':
             for key,item in punctuationDict.items():
                 if key in punctuation:
-                    resultText = resultText.replace(str(key),' ' +str(item) +' ')
+                    if self.env['runtime']['settingsManager'].getSetting('general', 'respectPunctuationPause') and \
+                      len(key) == 1 and \
+                      key in string.punctuation:
+                        resultText = resultText.replace(str(key),' ' +str(item) + str(key) + ' ')                    
+                    else:
+                        resultText = resultText.replace(str(key),' ' +str(item) + ' ')
         return resultText
     
     def proceedPunctuation(self, text, ignorePunctuation=False):

src/fenrir/core/settings.py

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ settings = {
   'debugLevel': debug.debugLevel.DEACTIVE,
   'punctuationProfile':'default',
   'punctuationLevel': 'some',
+  'respectPunctuationPause':True,
   'numberOfClipboards': 10,
   'emoticons': True,
   'fenrirKeys': ['KEY_KP0','KEY_META'],