Re: [orca-list] orca and lxde

[<simon eigeldinger vol at>]

hi,

i don't know.
but i guess orca 3 would also still support gtk2 libs.
cause some programms are still made in gtk2.

maybe someone can test that?

greetings,
simon



On Fri, 11 May 2012 12:50:27 +0530
 Krishnakant Mane <krmane gmail com> wrote:
> Good,
> But this also means IMHO that we will be using gnome 2 type of 
> libraries?
> Will we be able to use the latest Orca or will have to depend on 
> xdesktop versions?
> Happy hacking.
> Krishnakant.
>
> On 05/11/2012 12:41 PM, simon eigeldinger vol at wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Regarding running Orca on LXDE I am translating the message from 
> > Klaus 
> > i just received:
> > I don't know if Klaus reads this list or not.
> >
> > --------------
> >
> > It's not difficult to get orca running on lxde and most components 
> > of 
> > lxde are able to interact with orca thanks to gtk2.
> > There is an issue to put the focus to the taskbar of lxpanel where 
> > the 
> > current running plugins are sitting.
> > Other things work good. The lxde start menu is not on alt+f1 by 
> > default but that can be set.
> >
> > to get it running there have to be the following environment 
> > variables 
> > set before lxde starts.
> >
> > export SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN="gtk" GTK_MODULES="gail:atk-bridge"
> >
> > in knoppix these variables are in the file 
> > /etc/X11/Xsession.d/45knoppix
> > then lxde can be started.
> >
> > -------------------
> >
> > This was a very rough translation.
> > So maybe soneone can use that for a nicer howto.
> >
> > Greetings,
> > Simon
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