Self Introduction

Self Introduction

[Steve Holmes]

Hi, I just got through installing Slackware on another Linux box and this
time, I used the boot disk with Speakup and so far, it is working great!

I hope things pick up around this list, I haven't seen any posts since I
signed up this past weekend.  I use this on an old 486 with 32 meg of RAM
and a Speakout synth.  As I get more familiar with Speakup, I would like
to be of some help in fixing this up to the next level.

I would especially like to get the arrow keys to speak the character under
them while moving around in editor programs.  Cut/paste  between virtual
consules is another neet idea that sighted people would envy us for:)

Well enough said for now - sure love having all this speech on a linux
machine without having to connect a second computer.

Happy Thanksgiving to youall in the U.S.

Re: Self Introduction

[Geoff Shang]

Hi:

I think sighted people can already cut 'n paste, though I'm not sure if
they need the mouse for it.  I'd also like to see the scrollback happen
sometime.  And I bet Kirk would like to see all the spare time needed to
implement all this.

As to the list, it gets busy sometimes, and at others sits dormant for days
at a time.  A number of us hang out on the speakup speak freely reflector
at lwl.braille.uwo.ca:4074, so feel free to join us there.

Geoff.


-- 
Geoff Shang <gshang10@scu.edu.au>
ICQ number 43634701

Re: Self Introduction

[Tommy Moore]

The features you talk about with copying and pasting have been thought of before, but right now I think Kirk is still working on driver stuff and so this might e something forth comming.
I think I remember a month or more something about the cursering problem being worked on in the cvs version, but  I don't normally use it so I haven't tested it out.

Re: Self Introduction

[William F. Acker WB2FLW +1-303-777-8123]

Hi Steve,

     Speakup is the greatest!  The CVS version is available with cursor
tracking.  Go to ftp://ftp.braille.uwo.ca/pub/speakup and download
README.cvs and checkout.




          HTH.
          Bill in Denver

Re: Self Introduction

[Steve Holmes]

Sorry to be dumb here, but what is CVS?

On Sun, 26 Nov 2000, William F. Acker WB2FLW +1-303-777-8123 wrote:

> Hi Steve,
> 
>      Speakup is the greatest!  The CVS version is available with cursor
> tracking.  Go to ftp://ftp.braille.uwo.ca/pub/speakup and download
> README.cvs and checkout.
> 
> 
> 
> 
>           HTH.
>           Bill in Denver
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
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> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> 

Re: Self Introduction

[Kirk Wood]

On Mon, 27 Nov 2000, Steve Holmes wrote:

> Sorry to be dumb here, but what is CVS?

That isn't a dumb question at all. I believe it stands for Control
Versioning System. That being said, what it does is allow more then one
programer to work on the code at once. The programer checks out potions of
the code he wants to work on. Other programers can see that the code is
checked out and it will prevent them from checking out the same portion of
code later overwriting what he has done. It also allows changes to be
reversed in small increments should a problem be found later.

You will find that this is almost always used with a decent sized software
project. It also allows you to get the latest for use. Just be aware that
it is also possible to get something that just got broke. 

=======
Kirk Wood
Cpt.Kirk@1tree.net

Re: Self Introduction

[Brent Harding]

Does that mean if I go check out the speakup that's in there, nobody else
can once I've done it? About all I can do is add in some text and reupload
to satisfy the system for others, to make a new version. One might be able
to use it for writing reports if they wanted, have a friend download it,
proofread and send up the new stuff. I'm sure people have done other things
with it too, never gave it a try yet.
At 07:31 AM 11/27/00 -0600, you wrote:
>On Mon, 27 Nov 2000, Steve Holmes wrote:
>
>> Sorry to be dumb here, but what is CVS?
>
>That isn't a dumb question at all. I believe it stands for Control
>Versioning System. That being said, what it does is allow more then one
>programer to work on the code at once. The programer checks out potions of
>the code he wants to work on. Other programers can see that the code is
>checked out and it will prevent them from checking out the same portion of
>code later overwriting what he has done. It also allows changes to be
>reversed in small increments should a problem be found later.
>
>You will find that this is almost always used with a decent sized software
>project. It also allows you to get the latest for use. Just be aware that
>it is also possible to get something that just got broke. 
>
>=======
>Kirk Wood
>Cpt.Kirk@1tree.net
>
>
>
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>
>

Re: Self Introduction

[Kirk Wood]

If you have a username and password you could. But I doubt Kirk is going
to allow someone that kind of access. Those of us not on the development
team can access it but not check it out. This prevents someone from
stoping work flow.

=======
Kirk Wood
Cpt.Kirk@1tree.net

Re: Self Introduction

[Brent Harding]

Oh, so it's kind of like ftp, but more than one version of a file can
exist, and more people can edit than just the home directory owner.
At 07:13 PM 11/27/00 -0600, you wrote:
>If you have a username and password you could. But I doubt Kirk is going
>to allow someone that kind of access. Those of us not on the development
>team can access it but not check it out. This prevents someone from
>stoping work flow.
>
>=======
>Kirk Wood
>Cpt.Kirk@1tree.net
>
>
>
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>Speakup mailing list
>Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
>http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>
>
>

Re: Self Introduction

[Charles Hallenbeck]

Hi Steve, and welcome to the list. Traffic has been a little slow recently
but it does speed up from time to time. 

When I first began to use speakup I also missed the "cursor
tracking" feature, but I have since learned to live with that pretty
well. The advantages outweigh the disadvantages by a long shot in my
experience.

Welcome aboard -
Chuck


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