Re: GOK 0.7.0 now available

[David Bolter <david bolter utoronto ca>]

Thanks Rodd.

I'm not sure about gnopernicus's tarball status.  I imagine the Baum 
folks could answer this.

cheers,

David
Rodd Clarkson wrote:

> Simon, David and Bill,
>
> Yeah, this is great news.  I'm looking forward to building gok as part
> of garnome so that I can show people what it is and how it works (and to
> take a look myself as I don't have a lot of time to spend grabbing from
> cvs to build)
>
> Any idea whether gnopernicus might also be tarballed for inclusion?
>
>
> Rodd
>
> On Tue, 2003-04-08 at 00:50, Bill Haneman wrote:
>  
>
> > Hi Simon/David:
> >
> > Thanks for this, it's great!
> >
> > I uploaded this tarball to ftp.gnome.org's tarball archive so that it
> > can be included in the 2.3.0.1 (unstable) release.
> >
> > If you don't want it included in the release, please email Jeff Waugh
> > about it: jdub perkypants org; I know Jeff and some others were keen on
> > getting GOK into the 2.3 developer snapshot series.
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > Bill
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 2003-04-04 at 22:35, Simon Bates wrote:
> >    
> >
> > > The GOK team is very pleased to announce the availability of GOK 0.7.0
> > >
> > > Please note that this is an unstable release and that GOK may crash or
> > > behave unexpectedly.  With this in mind we would like to thank you very
> > > much for your interest in GOK and hope very much that you find it
> > > useful.
> > >
> > > Getting GOK
> > > ===========
> > >
> > > GOK 0.7.0 is now available for download from:
> > >
> > > http://gok.ca/gok-0.7.0.tar.gz
> > >
> > > You can find more information about GOK such as documentation and slides
> > > from presentations that we have given on the GOK website at:
> > >
> > > http://www.gok.ca
> > >
> > > Overview
> > > ========
> > >
> > > The GNOME On-screen Keyboard (GOK) is a dynamic on-screen keyboard for
> > > UNIX and UNIX-like operating systems.  It features Direct Selection,
> > > Dwell Selection, Automatic Scanning and Inverse Scanning access methods
> > > and includes word completion.
> > >
> > > GOK includes an alphanumeric keyboard and a keyboard for launching
> > > applications.  Keyboards are specified in XML enabling existing
> > > keyboards to be modified and new keyboards to be created.  The access
> > > methods are also specified in XML providing the ability to modify
> > > existing access methods and create new ones.
> > >
> > > GOK is not limited to presenting keyboards that have been designed by
> > > hand and is able to dynamically create keyboards so that it can adapt to
> > > the user's current situation.  GOK is able to redisplay components of
> > > the user interfaces of running applications directly within GOK as
> > > keyboards.  This provides efficient access to elements of the user
> > > interface, removing the need to navigate the interface indirectly though
> > > keyboard accelerators.  GOK supports the redisplay of application menus
> > > and toolbars.  GOK contains a window activator keyboard that lists the
> > > current windows on the desktop and provides the ability to switch
> > > between them.
> > >
> > > Users have the option of setting key width, height, and spacing as well
> > > as visual and auditory feedback on highlighting and selection.
> > >
> > > Best wishes,
> > > The GOK Team.
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> > >