From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from hagus.bright.net ([205.212.123.74]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16BB1m-0003e1-00 for ; Tue, 04 Dec 2001 03:34:10 -0500 Received: from tward (woos-max1-cs-25.dial.bright.net [209.143.18.44]) by hagus.bright.net (8.12.1/8.12.1) with SMTP id fB48Y8gA018536 for ; Tue, 4 Dec 2001 03:34:09 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <005901c17c9e$5b41cb00$0100a8c0@tward> From: "Thomas Ward" To: References: Subject: Re: Using speakup and emacspeak together Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 03:33:29 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi, has anyone successfully tried Janina's suggestion with Grub? For technical reasons my large hard drive needs Grub to boot properly, and I've been trying to find a good way to multiboot kernels with it. ----- Original Message ----- From: Janina Sajka To: Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 11:15 AM Subject: Re: Using speakup and emacspeak together > You don't need to have two kernels to achieve this. Simply use an > "append=speakup_synth=[your.synth.keyword]" to distinguish two entries > pointing to the same kernel in your lilo.conf to accomplish the same > result. Much more elegant and far easier to maintain. > > PS: I do this all the time. Here's an example from my lilo.conf: > > image = /boot/vmlinuz > label=nospeech > alias = n > vga=0X317 > initrd=/boot/initrd.img > read-only > root=/dev/hda1 > append = "hdc=ide-scsi hde=ide-scsi" > > image = /boot/vmlinuz > label=express > alias = x > vga=0X317 > initrd=/boot/initrd.img > read-only > root=/dev/hda1 > append = "speakup_synth=dectlk hdc=ide-scsi hde=ide-scsi" > > image = /boot/vmlinuz > label=litetalk > alias = l > vga=0X317 > initrd=/boot/initrd.img > read-only > root=/dev/hda1 > append = "speakup_synth=ltlk hdc=ide-scsi hde=ide-scsi" > > image = /boot/vmlinuz > label=bns > alias = b > vga=0X317 > initrd=/boot/initrd.img > read-only > root=/dev/hda1 > append = "speakup_synth=bns hdc=ide-scsi hde=ide-scsi" > > > On Mon, > 26 Nov 2001, > Dave Hunt wrote: > > > Tom, > > > > I had both for a time, and may do so again. What I found work best was to > > have two kernels, identical in all ways but one. One kernel had Speakup > > patched in, the other did not. I had them on floppies, but you could use > > loadlin, lilo, whatever. A warning: When running Emacspeak, be sure the > > Speakup keymap isn't getting loaded. For that matter, and perhaps more > > important, be sure your Speakup key map loads when you're running Speakup. > > > > -Dave > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Director > Technology Research and Development > Governmental Relations Group > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > http://www.openebook.org > > Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, > Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp > > Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther > King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at > http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp > > Learn how to make accessible software at > http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >