From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.clearsail.net ([207.252.227.3]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16KYSQ-0002G0-00 for ; Sun, 30 Dec 2001 00:24:26 -0500 Received: from reinhard3 (2-163.clearsail.net [216.148.163.2]) by mail.clearsail.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id XAA27586 for ; Sat, 29 Dec 2001 23:17:19 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <006f01c190f2$51199140$d5fafea9@reinhard3> From: "Reinhard Stebner" To: References: <005401c18ff2$812f41a0$d5fafea9@reinhard3> <004c01c1900c$2fc791e0$0100a8c0@tward> <000101c190b9$bb49a5c0$d5fafea9@reinhard3> <20011229165512.A1917@uic.edu> Subject: Re: speakup 1.0 and slackware 8.0 Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 23:07:20 -0600 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 5.50.4807.1700 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.7 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Reply-To: "Reinhard Stebner" List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: regarding the man page, I do not understand how the screen is set up with all of the [] {} and <>. This is why I wanted someone to explain how the page is set up for me with man. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Nowak" To: Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 4:55 PM Subject: Re: speakup 1.0 and slackware 8.0 > You can get slackware 8 from: > ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.0/isos/install.iso > . This cd image already contains speakup. > > To find out what man does, simply type "man man" without the quotes followed by enter. > > No programming under linux is not that different from programming in DOS. Hth. > Greg > > > On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 11:26:02AM -0600, Reinhard Stebner wrote: > > > Slackware 8 does come with talking boot disks and kernel. > > > > The only thing I found on the speakup web site was slackware 7.1 with > > speaking boot disks. Am I missing something? > > > > Thank you so much for your help it means a lot to me. Here are some more > > newbee questions. Could someone please explain how the man page works? (by > > taking a man page and saying what all of the [] {} and <> mean in context? > > > > How dows one read one screen at a time instead of one line at a time? > > > > Is there a way to copy that page and save it and then braille out than man > > page? > > > > Is there any way to have a braille device working with speakup? > > > > Where can I find more docs on the proper feeding and care of my new os? > > > > What about speakup (see last quesion). > > > > How hard is it to find documentation on programming un unix/linux? > > Is it quite differant from programming under dos? > > > > Final quesion, what are some do and don'ts when comming to: > > > > 1) installing and setting up the os > > 2) running the os > > 3) upgrading > > 4) speakups limitations when comming to the operating this os? > > > > Thank you once again for your willingness to help me out. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >