Any News on cut-and-paste bug?

[John G. Heim]

You mean skype?


On 05/01/13 09:10, covici at ccs.covici.com wrote:
> I would like to have a conference call with those interested in
> developing speakup, even if they don't have much time -- maybe we can at
> least sort out what things should happen, etc.  I like that much better
> than Email exchanges!
>
> covici at ccs.covici.com wrote:
>
>> I have the cut and paste patch, but it was eventually put in the
>> kernel.  There is a work around for using serial synths in newer
>> kernels, although there seems to be some problems in and around 3.7.  I
>> have wanted to figure this all out, but my time ...
>>
>> Kirk Reiser <kirk at reisers.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 30 Apr 2013, Hart Larry wrote:
>>>
>>>> Quite some months ago Bill Acker suggested I login as an
>>>> ssh localhost
>>>> on each console where I would want to cut-and-paste.  Well, actually
>>>> unless there were a way for this anoyance to just ruin 1 tty instead
>>>> of freeze an entire machine?  I also suppose having a script on
>>>> bootup log us in a localhost.
>>>> This bug just comes so suddenly, no warning--and-best as we can tell
>>>> all activity stops.
>>>
>>> As far as I know, Chris Brannon submitted a patch to fix the
>>> cut-and-paste lock-up bug somewhere around 3.2.x. I don't know if that
>>> patch ever made it into the kernel speakup version or not.
>>>
>>>> I realize-and-appreciate that we have an active community, many who
>>>> are knowledgeable, ETC.  But it almost seems Speakup may join YASR
>>>> as having gotten at a certain level-and-thats it.
>>>
>>> Without new blood interested in taking speakup further, you may very
>>> well be correct.
>>>
>>>> I've been on this list since 2003, but now for `quite some time I
>>>> still cannot move up past 2.632 as I would have no DecTalk speech.
>>>> I think John Heim wrote a patch to fix this, but I have no idea what
>>>> steps will install?
>>>> And lastly, still about the DecTalk, if we can ever produce a log
>>>> showing commands which Speakup is sending, James says he can assist.
>>>
>>> Unless someone decides to take on writing external drivers for USB and
>>> RS232C synths, you will never see a DECTalk Express fix. The only
>>> support over the past few years has been for the softsynth version of
>>> speakup. There have been a few serial fixes but they have been more of
>>> an aside than anything else. The serial synth substructure is terribly
>>> out of date and nobody appears to be willing to rewrite it.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Well that's it then, colour me gone!
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>> --
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>> How do
>> you spend it?
>>
>>           John Covici
>>           covici at ccs.covici.com
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