Re: [orca-list] any full time mate users?

[MENGUAL Jean-Philippe <jmengual linuxfromscratch org>]

Le 08/03/2016 11:14, Krishnakant a écrit :
> On Tuesday 08 March 2016 01:27 PM, MENGUAL Jean-Philippe wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >
> > Le 08/03/2016 07:27, kendell clark a écrit :
> > > hi
> > > The one thing you have to be aware of in mate is that apps run as root
> > > are not accessible. I think this is a mate issue, joanie says she can't
> > > get access to at-spi events with accerciser so there's nothing she can
> > > do. It's best to keep a gnome live stick or dvd around for when you need
> > > to run gparted and other partition rescue tools. The exception are gnome
> > > 3 apps like gedit. Those are accessible when run as root. Keep in mind
> > > that this is only gui apps that have this problem. Of course terminal
> > > apps will work just fine, and this is only gtk2 apps that have this
> > In my experience, what you describe is true if you are as root with su -
> > but if you just do su, accessibility remains.
>
> I did not get this point clearly.

If you do:
1. Open a terminal
2. su -
3. pluma file

pluma is not accessible.

If uou do su instead of su - step 2, pluma should be accessible. I
assume zou don't use sudo here.

> > > problem. The panel can be a little verbose. If you don't mind hearing
> > > "bottom expanded edge panel. Bottom expanded edge panel panel" every
> > > once in a while when tabbing around, you're fine. Other than that mate
> > > is fully accessible with orca. You do need to enable accessibility in
> > > the assistive technologies dialog box before it will talk, unless debian
> > > does this for you, it probably does. If you want to be able to access
> > Yes, Debian does.
>
> I did not understand what exactly is Debian doing here?
> You mean to say that I have to start accessibility option during setup
> and Debian automatically initializes it for all subsequent logins is it?

Yes. Once you use an AT in installer, it enables automatically
accessibility at login, in MATE, Gnome.

> I have never done a Debian Installation on my own so wish to know what
> should I exactly do to get started?

Press s to start speech, or plug-in a USA braille display, probably will
be detected automatically. The install manual explains things in details.

> i am downloading the 4.4 gb dvd iso right now and will write it to a Pen
> drive.
>
> Happy hacking.
> Krishnakant.
>
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