Re: Loading a11y related modules and atk-bridge module directory

[Li Yuan <Li Yuan Sun COM>]

I believe Firefox has a similar problem. To fix it, we created
environment variables (NO_GAIL_ENV and NO_AT_BRIDGE) to tell GAIL and
atk-bridge "it is not the time to be loaded". So if applications set
these environment variables, even they call gtk_init(), GAIL and
atk-bridge will not be loaded. After that, applications can load them
any time they want.


On Thu, 2009-08-20 at 12:34 +0200, API wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> right now, in most gnome applications, and as libgnome is deprecated,
> GTK_MODULES is used to load both gail and atk-bridge. In order to get
> this, atk-bridge was placed on the gtk moduledir directory, when if
> fact, it is implemented without any gtk dependency.
> 
> But with Cally, and perhaps any future toolkit (I think that there are
> plans to use Qt apps with at-spi, so probably they will use the same
> atk-bridge), probably atk-bridge should be placed in a different
> place.
> 
> In the same way, probably we will have mixed environments, ie,
> clutter+gtk, and both Cally and GAIL will need to be loaded, but the
> order matter (it is not the same gail:cally:atk-bridge, that
> cally:gail:atk-bridge).
> 
> So, probably we will require a common application-level way to load
> the a11y related modules. Yes, I know, this is what gnome-program
> made, and libgnome is deprecated ...

I agree that we should find a more common place to put atk-bridge, so
other toolkit can use it.

Li
> 
> I'm not sure about the proper solution, so probably apps will need to
> load the modules by hand for the moment.
> 
> The source of this:
> 
> http://bugzilla.openedhand.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1738#c3
> 
> ===
> API (apinheiro igalia com)
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