From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [204.233.198.50] (helo=linserver.complex) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16P8EK-0003nj-00 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 15:24:48 -0500 Received: (from gnowak1@localhost) by linserver.complex (8.11.4/8.10.2) id g0BKOKQ00469 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 14:24:20 -0600 Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 14:24:20 -0600 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: initializing speakup Message-ID: <20020111142420.E249@uic.edu> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from chuckh@mhonline.net on Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 06:25:23AM -0500 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 List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: That's a grate idea, and it saves Kirk and others coding time and effort better spent elsewhere. Greg On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 06:25:23AM -0500, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > Initializing speakup (or reinitializing it) is so simple from a > shell prompt that it probably is not worth making it a speakup > builtin feature. With a little preparation first, which I will > explain in a moment, it can be done with a command like this (the > "-R" is upper case): > > cp -R /etc/speakup /proc > > You could further simplify that command by creating a very short > script or even using an alias. > > The preparation involves first creating an appropriate > /etc/speakup directory that can just be copied wholesale into > /proc/speakup, but that only needs to be done once. Here is how I > did it: > > First, issue the following command: > > cp -R /proc/speakup /etc > > Now you have an exact copy under /etc/speakup of what started out > in /proc/speakup, but there is more to do. The problem is that > some of the "files" under /proc/speakup are read-only and others > are read-write, and you have to find out which is which and > eliminate the read-only elements under /etc/speakup. Once you do > that, the command I gave earlier is ready to go. > > I have included the initialization command in my rc.local file > and also in /etc/profile. This may sound redundant, but there > have been times when putting it only in rc.local has failed to > work because the synth was busy speaking bootup messages when the > command was executed. The repetition in /etc/profile is > insurance, and it also lets me reinitialize the synth each time I > log into a new account, or reenter once I have been using. > > Chuck > > > *<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>* > Visit me at http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh > The Moon is Waning Crescent (4% of Full) > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup