Re: Trying out ATK / AT-SPI

[Jacob Uhrenholt <kreel futarque com>]

> Jacob,
>
> It sounds like you want to write what we would an Assisteive Technology program; other examples are gok, gnopernicus and dasher.
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>  
Heh, sounds like I stated the obvious there :D. At least I´ve found the 
right place to do it then.

> AT-SPI is the interface you want to write to not ATK, which is used in the application program you hope to control. If you download the latest at-spi source tarball you should get its documentation.
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>  
Will do and have done that. I´ll start pooring through the source over 
the next couple of days.

Thank you,

Jacob

> Padraig
>
> Jacob Uhrenholt wrote:
>  
>
> > Hey all,
> >
> > I'm new to the gnome accessibility concept, but from what I can read
> > this could very well be what I need. Before I delve head-on into this
> > however, I'd like to run this by everyone here to get a
> > bearing on whether or not I'm on the right track.
> >
> > I need to be able to control a gnome app using a remote control
> > (i.e. using the up/down, left/right buttons to signal my app - cycling
> > through widgets for instance). Using an onscreen keyboard or an
> > alternate interaction app like gok directly is not an option - only my
> > own application may be visible. As I said, I think this can be
> > accomplished (gok can, so I should be able to do it as well :D), but
> > I'd like a second oppinion.
> >
> > With that said: I've been looking about the net for some in-depth
> > information about ATK and AT-SPI, but have yet to strike gold so to
> > speak (well, except these nice folk -
> > http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gap/). I'm specifically looking for
> > manuals and working examples. I'd appreciate any pointers you might have.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Jacob
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