[orca-list] Lets try to make all, what is possible to make Orca functioning with latest stable XFCE desktop environment

["Mgr. Janusz Chmiel" <chmiel deep cz>]

Dear core developers of Orca,

   I would like to very, very valuably please You, if You would try to 
provide me some information to make Orca working with XFCE desktop 
environment, which is included with Xubuntu.

My opinion is, that The only issue is, that .gtkrc-2.0 file must be created 
in The home folder and that at-spi-registry must be started during XFCE 
initialisation.

Please, can be at-spi registry started manually from The console if no 
Xserver is running, or this server must be only started when Xserver such as 
Gnome or XFCE is running? I found out, that XFCE would be accessible without 
making complex programmers changes to The Orca source code or in The 
components, which are The part of The Orca source code and are compiled by 
using GCC during typing make command as A root user.

Orca can fully access Mozilla Firefox WEB browser, eventhough user is using 
XFCE desktop. All quick navigation scripts are working ammazingly, all 
dialog Windows in Mozilla Firefox are accessible. But if user closes Mozilla 
Firefox, Orca is terminated automatically. Other applications are not 
accessible with Orca. Please, do YOu think, that Mozilla Firefox is making 
somethink with at-spiregistry or other modules so if Mozilla Firefox is 
started, Orca can read everythink from This application, but from other 
application it is not possible? Orca is not able to read even Orca 
preferences dialog window. So please, would You tell me which command should 
i use to start at-spi registry in The right time so Orca can connect to it 
not only, when Mozilla Firefox is being running?


Here is The answer from one experienced professional from The XFCE 
development mailing list about it.

By default Xfce does not set the required environment variable to make
gtk use the accessibility backend (atk -> gail), i've created a bug
[1] for that, because that is indeed quite important.

To enable this in the toolkit you can do 2 things:
1) Create a .gtkrc-2.0 file in your home-directory and add the line:
gtk-modules="gail:atk-bridge"
2) Export a environment variable GTK_MODULES=gail:atk-bridge


I Am suggesting to test Xubuntu latest official release, because PUlseaudio 
sound server is there disabled and in PcLINUX, XFCE is not supporting hot 
keys for exeample, user can not activate The run dialog by pressing ALT+F2.

If somebody would try to test XFCE with Xubuntu and Orca by triing to use 
instructions which i posted, The process of creating .gtkrc-2.0 file? I 
would be very very glad.

Thank You very much for Your answer.