Re: [orca-list] Latest orca.

[Didier Spaier <didier slint fr>]

Orca have been ugraded in Slint to 3.35.3 and
google-chrome-instable to 81.0.4021.2

After installation, to start it just type
chrome

@ Joanie: Sounds good to me.
Very good job, as usual. Thanks!

Best,

Didier

Le 13/01/20 à 20:22, Al Sten-Clanton via orca-list a écrit :
> Thank you for the info.  No, I hadn't seen the blog post.  I added the line to slapt-getrc and will see 
> what happens in the next day or so.
>
>
> Al
>
>
> On 1/13/20 1:48 PM, Didier Spaier wrote:
> > Hello Al an All,
> >
> > as you actually want to try Chromium with Orca on Slint, you could just
> > follow the instructions on this blog post:
> > https://slint.fr/blog/pre-testing-of-orca-with-chromiumchrome.html
> > (but maybe you already read it).
> >
> > I will update for Slint both Orca (to version 3.35.3 released 10 days
> > ago) and Chromium (if a new testing version is available) tonight, so
> > you won't have to use git.
> >
> > I will post on the Slint mailing list when done, so you will know when
> > you can begin testing if you want to use the latest Orca
> >
> > As stated in the blog post you will need to enable the slint-wip
> > repository to get chromimum using slapt-get.
> >
> > To do that, as root add this line at the end of the file
> > /etc/slapt-get/slapt-getrc:
> > SOURCE=http://slackware.uk/slint/x86_64/slint-wip/:CUSTOM
> >
> > then run (when the new Orca will be available)
> > slapt-get -u
> > slapt-get --upgrade
> > slapt-get -i google-chrome-instable
> >
> > You could do that right now as it is already available, but it won't
> > hurt to try instead with the new version of orca and maybe chromium.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Didier
> >
> > @ All: if anyone wants to try an accessible mini slint without
> > installing it, I provide one already installed in a Qemu image that can
> > also be transferred to a hard disk or converted to a format compatible
> > with VirtualBox or VMWare, cf.:
> > https://slint.fr/blog/introducing-mini-slint.html
> > or
> > https://slackware.uk/slint/x86_64/slint-14.2.1/minislint/README
> > and
> > https://slackware.uk/slint/x86_64/slint-14.2.1/minislint/INSTRUCTIONS_FOR_USE
> >
> > Le 13/01/20 à 18:30, Al Sten-Clanton a écrit :
> > > Greetings!
> > >
> > >
> > > I seem to have installed orca after following all but the last of your instructions, which I think is 
> > > this one:
> > >
> > >
> > > git archive --worktree-attributes --prefix=${pkgname}-$gitrev/ mainline | xz > $CWD/orca-${gitrev}.tar.xz
> > >
> > > I didn't use this last command because flat review in orca would not bring me to the command so that I 
> > > could check some of the letters I wasn't sure of.
> > >
> > > I next checked the version of orca I was running.  I turned orca off and on again, and once more checked 
> > > the version.  It was the same, 3.35.4pre, making me think I was not running the version of orca I thought 
> > > I'd installed.  I checked my path, and it seems to be correct.
> > >
> > > What is the purpose of the command I quoted above?  Can I use it after installing orca, assuming I 
> > > actually have installed it?  May I have done something else wrong?
> > >
> > > Also, my purpose in attempting this orca upgrade was to get a version that might work with chromium.  I 
> > > did not find chromium using either --show or --search with slapt-get, and there's no man page for it on 
> > > my machine.  Is it available from Slint?
> > >
> > > Thanks for whatever anybody can tell me.
> > >
> > > Al
> > >
> > > On 1/5/20 6:45 PM, Didier Spaier via orca-list wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > you can get a released compressed archive here:
> > > > http://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/gnome/sources/orca/3.35/
> > > >
> > > > or clone the git repo and make a compressed archive:
> > > > git clonehttps://github.com/GNOME/orca.git
> > > > CWD=$(pwd)
> > > > ( cd orca
> > > > git pull
> > > > gitrev=git$(git log -n 1 --format=format:%h .)
> > > > git archive --worktree-attributes --prefix=${pkgname}-$gitrev/ mainline | xz > $CWD/orca-${gitrev}.tar.xz
> > > > )
> > > >
> > > > Now if your question actually is "how to upgrade using this compressed
> > > > archive", to answer we need to know your distribution and version.
> > > >
> > > > Best,
> > > >
> > > > Didier
> > > >
> > > > Le 6/01/20 à 00:18, Hwaen Ch'uqi via orca-list a écrit :
> > > > > Greetings,
> > > > >
> > > > > I would like to upgrade to the latest orca version, but I cannot find
> > > > > a lucid explanation of how to do it, whether from source or from
> > > > > something like git. Can anyone point to a clear reference?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thank you so much.
> > > > >
> > > > > Hwaen Ch'uqi
> > > > GNOME Universal Access guide:https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/a11y.html
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