Re: [orca-list] Raspbian: Problem starting orca under ratpoison

[LarsBjørndal <lars lamasti net>]

Thank you for pointing this out.

I've used Storm Dragons strychnine code to help me setting up Ratpoison. 
https://github.com/stormdragon2976/strychnine/. Works great. However, the run dialog doesn't show up when 
pressing alt-f2.

Lars

On Thu, Dec 05, 2019 at 06:41:43PM +0000, Peter Vágner wrote:
> Hello,
> Yes ratpoison is minimalist but it's graphical, not text only.
> It uses xlib to draw its UI and has no special accessibility code like
> the window managers from desktop environments (metacity of gnome, or
> marco of mate). It's why its app chooser is not accessible.
> If you would compare window managers you would most likelly came to a
> conclusion that all window managers are very minimalist however there
> is no point on using the window managers that are shipped with desktop
> environments out side that desktop environment or alone without other
> DE components.
> Ratpoison is so awesome for blind people eventhough it has no
> accessibility support built-in because it has great keyboard command
> system that can be customised.
> It's a good idea to use some other apps with ratpoison to create hibrid
> setup that looks and feels somewhere in between pure window manager and
> full desktop environment.
> For example you can use pcmanfm or caja file managers for the desktop.
> You might be able to use xfce popup menu or perhaps some other apps too
> as a popup menu alternative, however you have to add a keyboard command
> that launches the menu your-self.
> I don't know if and how to make something that would be accessible and
> would look and feel similar to the notification area including its
> pannels or applets.
> Greetings
> Peter
>
> Dňa December 4, 2019 11:52:09 AM UTC používateľ "Mgr. Janusz Chmiel via
> orca-list" <orca-list gnome org> napísal:
>
> Rat poison should be ideal window manager for visually impaired Orca users
> with no sight at all. Perhaps it is not graphical based window manager and
> it should allocate only a FEW MB of RAM.
> But is it possible to configure also other Linux distro such as Debian so it
> would be usable also with Orca? Which desktop environment based on GTK can
> be used with Ratpoison?
> I do not think, that Mate can be used. Which? LXDE?
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> [1]https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
> Orca wiki: [2]https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Orca
> Orca documentation: [3]https://help.gnome.org/users/orca/stable/
> GNOME Universal Access guide: [4]https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/
> a11y.html
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> References
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> 1. https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
> 2. https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Orca
> 3. https://help.gnome.org/users/orca/stable/
> 4. https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/a11y.html