From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-pw0-f42.google.com (mail-pw0-f42.google.com [209.85.160.42]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 837A8C1A21F for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 10:51:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: by pwj9 with SMTP id 9so212807pwj.29 for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 07:51:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.142.158.19 with SMTP id g19mr228570wfe.161.1285167062807; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 07:51:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lnx3.holmesgrown.com (ip72-208-233-7.ph.ph.cox.net [72.208.233.7]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id o4sm3418854iba.0.2010.09.22.07.51.00 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 22 Sep 2010 07:51:01 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 07:50:58 -0700 From: Steve Holmes To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: questions about text-based e-mail Message-ID: <20100922145058.GB24938@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> Mail-Followup-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca References: <20100906043912.GC26444@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> <20100907063317.GA27307@rivensight.dyndns.org> <87lj6u7dm6.fsf@jdc.jasonjgw.net> <20100922061635.GA15449@rivensight.dyndns.org> <4C99A1A4.3020506@gotss.net> <20100922070630.GC15449@rivensight.dyndns.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100922070630.GC15449@rivensight.dyndns.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:51:03 -0000 Yeah, because speakupconf isn't run every time you switch consoles; I suppose if you ran it each time and could hack it to detect what was running at the time, just run it but then again, if you are in an application, there would be no way you could run speakupconf while that app is runnning. On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 12:06:30AM -0700, Gaijin wrote: > On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 02:26:44PM +0800, Kerry Hoath wrote: > > Call me simplistic but why can't you have an alias to load a > > specific set of configuration data when you launch mutt? > > Mostly because speakupconf doesn't appear to load specified > configuration files, as far as I can tell from the man page. > > > > > It won't help you on other virtual consoles however having speakup > > track which console you are on and pull settings > > I don't worry, and can certainly live with that. When I'm doing > mail, I'm usually not doing anything else, except maybe coppying a URL > or two to another console for later visiting. I still have no > particular need to use Orca as yet. It's still clunky, even on a 24G > quad-core system with 3Gs/sec SATA hard drives. Told those guys > months ago that you don't chase the dog with a pooper-scooper when > creating an accessibility standard in Linux and got drummed out of the > list. I'll stay with NVDA and windows when I need a GUI. > > Michael > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup