Re: [g-a-devel]accessibility gconf key

[Simon Bates <simon bates utoronto ca>]

Hi everyone,

I have written a very simple shell script for checking and setting the
gconf accessibility key.  I have included it here just in case anyone
else might find it useful.

Usage:

To check the current value:

$ gnome-accessibility

To turn accessibility on:

$ gnome-accessibility on

To turn accessibility off:

$ gnome-accessibility off

Simon.

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#!/bin/sh

if test $# -eq 0
        then gconftool-2 -g /desktop/gnome/interface/accessibility
fi

if test $# -eq 1
        then if test $1 = on -o $1 = true
                then gconftool-2 -s
/desktop/gnome/interface/accessibility \
                                 -t bool true
        elif test $1 = off -o $1 = false
                then gconftool-2 -s
/desktop/gnome/interface/accessibility \
                                 -t bool false
        else echo gnome-accessibility: unknown command $1
        fi
fi

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> From: Bill Haneman <bill haneman sun com>
> To: gnome-accessibility-devel gnome org
> Date: 17 Sep 2002 16:51:19 +0100
> Subject: [g-a-devel]accessibility gconf key
> 
> Hi:
> 
> It's come to my attention that some folks are unsure about the gconf key
> used to enable loading of the GNOME accessibility libraries.  At the
> moment this key doesn't have a user-visible dialog or checkbox for
> activation, so in order to use it, you need to run gconftool-2 (or
> perhaps gconf-editor).
> 
> gconftool-2 --help
> 
> will give some usage information
> 
> gconftool-2 -g /desktop/gnome/interface/accessibility
> 
> will report the current status of the 'accessibility' key; and
> 
> gconftool-2 -s -t boolean /desktop/gnome/interface/accessibility true
> 
> will set the value to "true".
> 
> The alternate method of enabling accessibility, via the GTK_MODULES
> environment variable, is not recommended generally and is maintained
> only for use by "pure gtk+" programs that don't know about gconf or call
> gnome_init.
> 
> best regards,
> 
> Bill
>