The app doesn't need to be installed, in the usual sense. Copy it to your Applications folder (cmd-shift-a), but that's more of a housekeeping thing than a requirement. Just launch the app to use it, like any other app on the Mac. > On Nov 6, 2014, at 1:01 PM, Janina Sajka <[email protected]> wrote: > > Janina Sajka writes: >> Argh. >> >> So, I downloaded the .zip file from colloquy.info, but there's no >> readme, or any other kind of installation instruction. I'm also not >> finding any installation instruction on their page. >> >> Looking at the file structure of the exploded .zip, I see the top level >> directory is colloquy.app, inside of which is a directory called >> Contents, and inside that a few more. These look very similar to what I >> see under /Library/"Application Support"/ >> >> Do I simply copy this tree to that folder in order to install Colloquy? >> Do I leave the .app as part of the directory name, or not? i.e. is it: >> >> /Library/Application Support/colloquy.app or >> /Library/Application Support/colloquy >> >> Does it matter? >> >> I know I've done this once or twice before, but don't recall the >> specifics, so appreciate any guidance. >> >> tia >> >> Janina >> >> 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries writes: >>> Not all apps are in the iTunes store. Some don't want to bother with the >>> whole submission/review process for various reasons, especially the free >>> open-source apps. >>> >>> CB >>> >>> On 11/5/14, 4:00 PM, Janina Sajka wrote: >>>> This was also James Craig's suggestion to me, when I asked him last >>>> week. However, he did indicate there were still issues. >>>> >>>> Also, when I tried to find it on iTunes, I came up empty. >>>> >>>> Janina >>>> >>>> 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries writes: >>>>> Years ago I remember hearing that Colloquy was accessible but I think it >>>>> relied on Growl to speak incoming messages. It's an OSX (not terminal) app >>>>> and free so might be worth giving it a try. >>>>> >>>>> http://colloquy.info >>>>> >>>>> CB >>>>> >>>>> On 11/5/14, 2:30 PM, Janina Sajka wrote: >>>>>> Hi, Deedra: >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm not so sure it's an actual plus, just a reasonable work around when >>>>>> you need one. But, I've not tried actually working with irssi in the >>>>>> terminal in real time yet. I just came up with the approach and brewed >>>>>> it up this past Monday following a disasterous week trying to use the >>>>>> vms on my air during the annual W3C technical plennary conference. >>>>>> >>>>>> My intent is to log in during my next few teleconferences and see how it >>>>>> tracks. I will still have my Linux desktop as my primary IRC session, so >>>>>> the IRC session on my Air will be a second, expirimental login to the >>>>>> W3C IRC channel. >>>>>> >>>>>> I'll be interested to see how well VO keeps up as text scrolls on >>>>>> screen. I may try to look for something, just to see how effective that >>>>>> might be. But, come to think of it, I usually depend on Scroll Lock to >>>>>> freeze the screen when I look for something further back in the >>>>>> transcript, and I'm not so sure we have that on the Air. Anyone know? >>>>>> >>>>>> So far, my impression of VO in the Terminal is that it will work, if you >>>>>> need it to work, but it would never be my first choice. It's no Speakup >>>>>> for sure. >>>>>> >>>>>> Janina >>>>>> >>>>>> Deedra Waters writes: >>>>>>> Janina, that sounds like a plus there. how much of the terminal actually >>>>>>> works with voiceover and how well? I'd still be using a lot of terminal >>>>>>> apps accept for certain things that i want the gui for. so i'd like a >>>>>>> good idea as to what to expect from the terminal and ways to make it >>>>>>> work the best. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Website: http://deedra.the-brannons.com >>>>>>> blog: http://deedra.the-brannons.com/blog >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> -- >>>>> ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to [email protected]. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> >> Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 >> sip:[email protected] >> Email: [email protected] >> >> Linux Foundation Fellow >> Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org >> >> The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) >> Chair, Protocols & Formats http://www.w3.org/wai/pf >> Indie UI http://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/ >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > Hi, All: > > I wanted to ask whether I just missed something during the upgrade from > Mavericks to Yosemite, or whether others have seen what I experienced. > > I followed up on my emailed invitation from Apple to upgrade. I did my > best to pay careful attention to all the prompts. I attained a > successful install eventually, or so I believed. > > Imagine my surprise, then, when I was unable to log in. The familiar > login screen where I select my user, then tab and VO+Down to enter my > password didn't come up. In fact, the only way I knew my machine wasn't > dead was that the battery was warm. > > Once I got sighted assistance, it transpired that my ssd had been > encrypted. I don't recall agreeing, and it turns out that mattered a > lot. > > The old login screens no longer apply, it seems, when your drive is > encrypted. In fact, VO can't really work at the login screen to an > encrypted drive. Instead, apple provides some pre-recorded prompts that > are played when you Command+F5. > > You can tab and hear a prompt for username, but there's no echo as you > type. > > You can tab again and hear a prompt for password, and you do get a click > per keystroke, though with much more lag than usual. > > If you tab again and successfully log in, you (usually) get three beeps. > Thought I didn't always hear those three beeps, they indicate successful > log in. One beep means "put in your username," and two means "put in > your password." > > If the machine decides that you've been mis-entering your password, > you're dumped into a screen that offers to let you reset your password. > This turns out to have its own set of gotchya's. You may, or may not, be > able to Esc out to ausername plus password login screen. > > Last Friday evening I found myself alone in my hotel room unable to get > out of that screen. I tried changing my password, but this took me into > screens for which there were no recorded prompts. I had to go find > sighted assistance. > > Once I got past part of the inaccessible "change password" screen, I was > given the message that my new password didn't match what was stored in > my Keychain file. To clear that hurdle, I had to enter my old password. > Imagine that. > > Well, I got through all that, and got the machine booted. But, I haven't > dared shutdown or reboot unless I have someone sighted at hand just in > case. This just ain't right. Am I the lone stranger with this situation? > > Janina > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 > sip:[email protected] > Email: [email protected] > > Linux Foundation Fellow > Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org > > The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) > Chair, Protocols & Formats http://www.w3.org/wai/pf > Indie UI http://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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