From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from w088.z208036108.was-dc.dsl.cnc.net ([208.36.108.88] helo=toccata.rednote.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 16Yq5V-0007D7-00 for ; Thu, 07 Feb 2002 10:03:50 -0500 Received: from localhost (janina@localhost) by toccata.rednote.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g17F01j03389 for ; Thu, 7 Feb 2002 10:00:02 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: toccata.rednote.net: janina owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 10:00:01 -0500 (EST) From: Janina Sajka X-X-Sender: janina@toccata.rednote.net To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Who wants to compile the talking checkbook code for Linux? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 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: Charley: It's not the same at all. Unlike Windows, X, and unix apps in general, are socketed and therefore rather modular. A useful way to think of this might be to remember the bad old days of nonsocketed telephones, when you needed a guy with pliers and a drill to install an extension telephone upstairs. Of course, there's still a need for that guy at some point today. The difference is that today that guy installs an RJ11 jack, and your phone, therefore, is not hard-wired, but scketed. Big difference. On Thu, 7 Feb 2002, charles crawford wrote: > I found it interesting to hear about putting a text based front > end to an X application. Sounds alot like Windows. It would be a real > problem if we are to be forced into having to re-write programs to make > them text based. > > -- Charlie. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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