Modularisation

[Gregory Nowak]

And how would that be since you can't load modules
at startup right away?
Speakup would need to be in the kernel
with the *option* of choosing y or m during make config.
Greg


On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 02:08:22PM +0100, Saqib Shaikh wrote:
> Yes, if Speakup were a module you would get speech right from the beginning
> like now.
> 
> Saqib
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Holmes" <steve at holmesgrown.com>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 12:54 PM
> Subject: Re: Modularisation
> 
> 
> > I would only hope that if modulerized that speakup could still speak at
> > the beginning like it does now. Lately, I've found that info to be of
> > extreme value while setting up a new machine and new hardware
> > configurations. That's something I particularly dislike about windows;
> > screen readers are applications and must wait til most of the operating
> > system is already running before it can talk.
> >
> > On Tue, 25 Sep 2001, Saqib Shaikh wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > While I think that it is good that parts of Speakup has been included in
> the kernel, I would still like to see Speakup be a kernel module so that it
> can be added/removed at will.  What do people think of this?
> > >
> > > Secondly, I personally don't like the fact that one must change the
> keymaps to use Speakup.  Could Speakup be changed so that it monitors all
> keypresses, and if it wants to deal with them it does so and then all other
> keys are passed through?  This would, in my opinion, be a far better
> solution.
> > >
> > > Finally I would like to raise the issue of security.  Many of my friends
> at universities in the UK use Emacspeak rather than Speakup purely because
> our universities consider patching every kernel both a security risk and a
> hastle.  On the security side I also know of at least one distribution that
> refuses to include Speakup because of it being a security risk.
> > >
> > > Any comments welcome.  If there's anything I can do to help rectify the
> possible flaws above let me know.
> > >
> > > Saqib
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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