Re: [orca-list] a couple of basic questions

[Janina Sajka <janina rednote net>]

Perhaps that's what's missing. In my .bashrc I have:

export DISPLAY=:0

I think that's essential. Looking through the file, I'm not immediately
seeing anything else that might be relevant which I've previously
forgotten to tell you.

Sorry to dribble this out. It's been so long ago I set all this up, I
just don't remember all the details.

Janina

John Covici writes:
> Gnome is running but I am using a regular tty, do I have to set
> DISPLAY variable before I do the xclip?
>
> On Sun, 28 Apr 2019 05:34:15 -0400,
> Janina Sajka wrote:
> > True. xclip requires that X is running.
> >
> > Do whatever you do to start a Gnome session with Orca, and these
> > commands will start working. That's what they're about, copying content
> > in and out of the graphical desktop clipboard. So, if you think about it
> > that way, this error should make perfect sense.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Janina
> >
> > John Covici writes:
> > > When I try xclip -i <any string> from a regular tty I get the
> > > following error:
> > > Error: Can't open display: (null)
> > >
> > > What am I missing?
> > >
> > > On Sat, 27 Apr 2019 13:34:43 -0400,
> > > Janina Sajka wrote:
> > > > John:
> > > >
> > > > I use these commands in a regular tty all day long to paste between the
> > > > Speakup clipboard and the Gnome clipboard. I wish we had a more
> > > > automated way of doing that, but so far, we don't afaik.
> > > >
> > > > As to what you paste, it doesn't matter. It can be any string. A
> > > > filename, a URI, a credit card number, whatever. It doesn't matter.
> > > >
> > > > John Covici writes:
> > > > > But the xclip manpage seems to want you to execute it in a
> > > > > gnome-terminal or other session, not a regular tty.  When you say
> > > > > selection, do you mean a file name?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Sat, 27 Apr 2019 12:48:02 -0400,
> > > > > Janina Sajka wrote:
> > > > > > Hi, John:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > To get content from a bash tty into xclip I use an alias I've created
> > > > > > that basically does:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > xclip -i -selection clipboard\n
> > > > > >
> > > > > > From there I paste, most often using the Speakup paste command followed
> > > > > > by a pair of Ctrl-d commands.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > FYI: going the other way, I have an alias that prints out on a tty:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > xclip -o -selection clipboard\n
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I should tweak that second one a bit because it's always followed by my
> > > > > > bash prompt without any kind of break. But, what can I say. I can work
> > > > > > with it and fixing that isn't a high priority for me.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > hth
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Janina
> > > > > >
> > > > > > John Covici writes:
> > > > > > > Hi.  I have some basic questions about gnome -- using 3.30 I think.
> > > > > > > How to get a file into the clipboard?  I tried xclip -r <filename> but
> > > > > > > nothing happened.  I know this because control-shift-v did not paste
> > > > > > > anything into the terminal window.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I would also like to know if there is a way to open a file with
> > > > > > > firefox and actually type its name.  I see things to navigate, but I
> > > > > > > just want to be able to type the name.  Can I do firefox <file name> ?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > -- 
> > > > > > > Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
> > > > > > > How do
> > > > > > > you spend it?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >          John Covici wb2una
> > > > > > >          covici ccs covici com
> > > > > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > > > > orca-list mailing list
> > > > > > > orca-list gnome org
> > > > > > > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
> > > > > > > Orca wiki: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Orca
> > > > > > > Orca documentation: https://help.gnome.org/users/orca/stable/
> > > > > > > GNOME Universal Access guide: https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/a11y.html
> > > > > > > Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org
> > > > > >
> > > > > > -- 
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Janina Sajka
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Linux Foundation Fellow
> > > > > > Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup:   http://a11y.org
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
> > > > > > Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures    http://www.w3.org/wai/apa
> > > > >
> > > > > -- 
> > > > > Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
> > > > > How do
> > > > > you spend it?
> > > > >
> > > > >          John Covici wb2una
> > > > >          covici ccs covici com
> > > >
> > > > -- 
> > > >
> > > > Janina Sajka
> > > >
> > > > Linux Foundation Fellow
> > > > Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup:       http://a11y.org
> > > >
> > > > The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
> > > > Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures        http://www.w3.org/wai/apa
> > >
> > > -- 
> > > Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
> > > How do
> > > you spend it?
> > >
> > >          John Covici wb2una
> > >          covici ccs covici com
> >
> > -- 
> >
> > Janina Sajka
> >
> > Linux Foundation Fellow
> > Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup:   http://a11y.org
> >
> > The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
> > Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures    http://www.w3.org/wai/apa
>
> -- 
> Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
> How do
> you spend it?
>
>          John Covici wb2una
>          covici ccs covici com

-- 

Janina Sajka

Linux Foundation Fellow
Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup:       http://a11y.org

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures        http://www.w3.org/wai/apa