Re: [orca-list] Fluxbox with Orca

[Mike Ray <mike raspberryvi org>]

After launching FF, how about doing 'env > filename' in a terminal and
having a look at the environment variables to see if there's something
that looks like it might have been exported by FF?

On 29/06/2014 05:36, Storm Dragon wrote:
> Hi,
> I got interested in fluxbox after setting it up on an old computer
> that needed something really light to provide the GUI. I was impressed
> with the ease of use offered by Fluxbox as well as its speed. So, I
> installed it on my computer and tried to get it working with Orca.
> In the .~/.fluxbox directory, I edited the following files:
> init
> I added:
> export GTK_MODULES=gail:atk-bridge
> and in startup:
> orca&
> When I launched fluxbox, I got the "screenreader on" message. I was
> afraid that was going to be it though, because nothing else worked.
> the menu you get from right clicking on the desktop doesn't read, the
> alt+f2 box to launch applications doesn't read, and the programs I
> tried like Pluma text editor and pidgin instant messenger did not work.
> I was on the verge of giving up and fileing it away as a lost cause,
> but then I decided to try Firefox, just to see what would happen.
> Firefox came up and was accessible, with the same weird behavior it's
> been having for the last several releases, but it did talk, and
> interestingly enough, any application I opened after that, pluma,
> pidgin, etc, works perfectly. So, for now, I added firefox& to my
> startup file and now, when orca comes up, and firefox starts,
> everything else I launch is accessible.
> So, after this here long winded rambling is done, my question is ...
> What does Firefox do to make everything just work? I'm assuming it
> exports a variable or something? I tried launching it from a terminal
> to see if it would tell me, but I just get some warnings about setting
> gnome::program failing.
> Oh, and actually I have the export GTK_MODULES stuff in my .xinitrc,
> not in .fluxbox/init.
> I would really like to get this working without having FF in my
> startup file, but even with it there, it's still lightning fast starting.
> Thanks for any help/responses
> Storm
>
>
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Michael A. Ray
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Witley, Surrey, South-east UK

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