GDM accessibility sans AT-SPI

2006-12-07 Thread Henrik Nilsen Omma
Hi all, Another controversial post to g-a ... I'm currently looking at GDM accessibility and it strikes me that there is a strong case for doing this without using AT-SPI. The themed version currently does not work properly with the AT-SPI features and on the plain greeter version there is

Re: GDM accessibility sans AT-SPI

2006-12-07 Thread Bill Haneman
Henrik Nilsen Omma wrote: Hi all, Another controversial post to g-a ... I'm currently looking at GDM accessibility and it strikes me that there is a strong case for doing this without using AT-SPI. The themed version currently does not work properly with the AT-SPI features and on the

Re: GDM accessibility sans AT-SPI

2006-12-07 Thread Brian Cameron
Henrik: Another controversial post to g-a ... I'm currently looking at GDM accessibility and it strikes me that there is a strong case for doing this without using AT-SPI. The themed version currently does not work properly with the AT-SPI features and on the plain greeter version

RE: problems accessing gnome cvs

2006-12-07 Thread Don Raikes
Carlos, Thank sfor the tip, unfortunately it didn't solve the problem. It did remind me to configure selinux, though :) -Original Message- From: Carlos Eduardo Rodrigues DiĆ³genes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 4:46 PM To: Don Raikes Cc: Willie Walker;

FW: GDM accessibility sans AT-SPI

2006-12-07 Thread Ian Pascoe
Agreed with Peter and Bill, why re-invent the wheel? Takeing this to the next logical step. If you have a normal un-disabled user they would not want AT-SPI or similar technology launched at this point, only those of us who need it. I don't know how practical or codeable it would be but if

Re: FW: GDM accessibility sans AT-SPI

2006-12-07 Thread Henrik Nilsen Omma
Ian Pascoe wrote: OK, next question what about multi user systems? Again I think if any of the users have Assistive Technologies enabled you would need to load that up as default as until the log in screen is completed you won't know which user is logging in. At After log in AT-SPI could

Re: GDM accessibility sans AT-SPI

2006-12-07 Thread Henrik Nilsen Omma
Bill Haneman wrote: Actually by themed version you are referring to branding-type themes; the existing gdmlogin screen DOES work quite well with accessibility-related themes, for instance large print, high contrast, inverse, etc. etc. Right, but how many distros use that as their default?

Re: GDM accessibility sans AT-SPI

2006-12-07 Thread Henrik Nilsen Omma
Brian Cameron wrote: I suppose it might be possible to code an on-screen keyboard directly into GDM, but this might be more work than you think. Note GOK supports dwell mode so that it works for users who can only manipulate a single button. Making an on-screen keyboard that supports the

FW: Accessability Docs

2006-12-07 Thread Ian Pascoe
Hi Found the docs. However, is there anyone UK based who would be willing to give a 15 minute talk at a Perl technical meeting about interfacing with or generally talking around assistive technologies? Most of the developers at these meets are in house and don't generally get involved with open

Announcing Yum Support at the SpeakupModified

2006-12-07 Thread Janina Sajka
The SpeakupModified Fedora Distribution is pleased to announce support for package updates using yum. Now you can install and update your SpeakupModified packages the easy yum way. To enable the SpeakupModified yum repository, first execute the following command as root: rpm -iv