Re: Now what?

["Thomas D. Ward" <tward1978 earthlink net>]

Hi, John. Please send that info on. I've been trying to get the session
working, and haven't got it right yet.
Once I get it right I'll be able to properly load gnopernicus and able to be
of better help on the list.
Thanks.

----- Original Message -----
From: John J. Boyer <director chpi org>
To: Thomas D. Ward <tward1978 earthlink net>
Cc: Adam Myrow <amyrow midsouth rr com>; Gnome Accessibility List
<gnome-accessibility-list gnome org>
Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 1:42 AM
Subject: Re: Now what?


> Thomas,
>
> Gnopernicus should not be started before gnome-session. I'll repost the
> message with instructions from Bill on how to set up the session-manual
> file so that gnome launches gnopernicus on startup.
>
> It is highly advisable to create a separate user for testing new versions
> of Gnome and Gnopernicus. I did that and then installed garnome.
> Gnopernicus is now in that distribution, so i installed it from there. No
> problems with the install at all. When the next release of gnopernicus
> comes along I can just discard the old build without affecting the rest of
> my system.
>
> John
>  On Fri, 16 May 2003, Thomas D. Ward wrote:
>
> > Hi, Adam. I'm not sure about your setup, but the key which needs set is
the
> > accessibility interface.
> > You can do it like
> >
> > gconftool-2 --type bool --set /desktop/gnome/interface/accessibility
true
> >
> > I have gnopernicus loading with x, and I created a .xinitrc file and in
it I
> > have these two lines.
> >
> > gnopernicus &
> > exec gnome-session
> >
> > Which basically when x starts gnopernicus comes up with welcome to
> > gnopernicus, blabs about this window or that windowbeing created, and
then
> > depending on if you have load minimize set you will end up in the
> > gnopernicus window or on the desktop.
> >
> > As for customizing gnopernicus that is something beyond the scope of
this
> > email, and I am only beginning to understand how to fully customize it
> > myself.
> >
> > A suggestion is to make yourself a tester account where you can fully
> > explore gnome and gnopernicus, play with configurations, and if
something
> > blows up no big deal. Just kill all the config files, and start over
again.
> > Hth.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Adam Myrow <amyrow midsouth rr com>
> > To: <gnome-accessibility-list gnome org>
> > Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 8:33 PM
> > Subject: Now what?
> >
> >
> > > Ok, I've built Gnopernicus and installed it.  I can't find any
> > > instructions on how to set it up that are clear at all.  I assume it's
> > > been discussed on the list before, but I'm finding scattered remarks
about
> > > the "access key" that must be set and files that you edit.  The web
site
> > > is no help at all.  So, what next?
> > >
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> > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list
> >
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