Features after users guide publication

Zachary Kline Z_kline at hotmail.com
Wed Mar 7 15:39:17 EST 2007


Hello,
Pardon a newbie's question here, but what is the git tree, exactly?  This 
isn't something I've ever heard of before.
Thanks,
Zack.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene Collins" <collins at gene3.ait.iastate.edu>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 9:39 AM
Subject: Re: Features after users guide publication


> Hi all.  The reason the Speakup user's guide is out of date is that I'm
> waiting for the git tree to become stable enough for it to be moved
> into cvs.  The changes in the git tree are extensive enough to warrant
> an extensive rewrite of the user's Guide.  So have patience please.
>
> The read to end command is keypad insert r, and does not work with all
> synthesizers.  If you try to use it with some older doubletalk rom
> versions, I think before 4.0, your system will lock hard, requiring you
> to ungracefully reboot the system.  Use at your own risk.  Remember the
> read to end is designed to be used in an editor or some other program
> that uses the arrow keys to scroll through the document.  Thus it will
> not work at a shell prompt, or in the more command.
>
> Mike's earlier message describes the cursor options correctly, so I have
> nothing more to say about that here.  Hope this helps.
>
> Gene
>
>>Hello all
>>
>>I've read at speech-dispatcher docs that Speakup has a "read all" command, 
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>>but I didn't find any mention about this in the Speakup users guide.
>>
>>In addition, when I press the keypad * while using Speakup, there is four 
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>>options rather than the two mentioned in the users guide, "cursoring on" 
>>an=
>>d =
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>>"cursoring off".
>>
>>So I ask:
>>
>>1. In case Speakup users guide is really out of date, how do I proceed to 
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>>get Speakup current version and read its change log? My distro is Gentoo.
>>
>>2. There are some features I would like to suggest, but perhaps it's 
>>better =
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>>to first update my Speakup and get aware of its current status. Is Speakup 
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>>still in development?
>>
>>Many thanks for infos
>>
>>Cleverson
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