"orca-setup" being replaced by "orca --text-setup"

Hi All:

We're busy refactoring away at the preferences setting
mechanism for
Orca.  I just checked in some changes to GNOME CVS HEAD that
replaces
the separate "orca-setup" utility with a
"--text-setup" command line
option for the "orca" command.  Before people
get alarmed: WE ARE NOT
GETTING RID OF THE TEXT BASED SETUP.  Read on for more
information...

The new mechanisms for setting up Orca at this point in time
(they may
change slightly before the next release, so hang on to your
hats), are
to pass command line options to the "orca"
command.  These options are
as follows:

--text-setup: gives you the text-based preferences setup
interface that
you used to get with orca-setup.  It does not require the
desktop to be
running and can be run from a virtual console.

--gui-setup: gives you a GUI-based preferences setup
interface, and is
also available via Insert+s when Orca is running.  This is
still under
construction and does not work yet, so don't try it yet.
We'll send an
e-mail when it's ready for a look (later this week).

Note that you also still have the option of manually editing
the
preferences file in your favorite accessible editor.  

Will


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Absolutely no alarm here.

<snore>


Willie Walker writes:
> Hi All:
> 
> We're busy refactoring away at the preferences setting
mechanism for
> Orca.  I just checked in some changes to GNOME CVS HEAD
that replaces
> the separate "orca-setup" utility with a
"--text-setup" command line
> option for the "orca" command.  Before
people get alarmed: WE ARE NOT
> GETTING RID OF THE TEXT BASED SETUP.  Read on for more
information...
> 
> The new mechanisms for setting up Orca at this point in
time (they may
> change slightly before the next release, so hang on to
your hats), are
> to pass command line options to the "orca"
command.  These options are
> as follows:
> 
> --text-setup: gives you the text-based preferences
setup interface that
> you used to get with orca-setup.  It does not require
the desktop to be
> running and can be run from a virtual console.
> 
> --gui-setup: gives you a GUI-based preferences setup
interface, and is
> also available via Insert+s when Orca is running.  This
is still under
> construction and does not work yet, so don't try it
yet. We'll send an
> e-mail when it's ready for a look (later this week).
> 
> Note that you also still have the option of manually
editing the
> preferences file in your favorite accessible editor.  
> 
> Will
> 
> 
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> Orca-listgnome.org
> http
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Hi, Willie:

An issue following on this email from some time ago ...

I have last Friday's CVS but get the error below. Possible
that
orca_console_prefs would be missing?


Willie Walker writes:
> Hi All:
> 
> We're busy refactoring away at the preferences setting
mechanism for
> Orca.  I just checked in some changes to GNOME CVS HEAD
that replaces
> the separate "orca-setup" utility with a
"--text-setup" command line
> option for the "orca" command.  Before
people get alarmed: WE ARE NOT
> GETTING RID OF THE TEXT BASED SETUP.  Read on for more
information...
> 
> The new mechanisms for setting up Orca at this point in
time (they may
> change slightly before the next release, so hang on to
your hats), are
> to pass command line options to the "orca"
command.  These options are
> as follows:
> 
> --text-setup: gives you the text-based preferences
setup interface that
> you used to get with orca-setup.  It does not require
the desktop to be
> running and can be run from a virtual console.
> 

I'm not sure quite what a virtual console is, but I'm not
succeeding
running from a console.

Here's what I get. This is from a build from last Friday's
CVS.

janinasonata 14:17 ~$orca --text-setup

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File
"/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/orca/orca.py",
line 1043, in
_showPreferencesConsole
    [''])
ImportError: No module named orca_console_prefs

Cannot start Orca because it cannot connect
to the Desktop.  Please make sure the DISPLAY
environment variable has been set.


use it cannot connect
to the Desktop.  Please make sure the DISPLAY
environment variable has been set.
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File
"/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/orca/orca.py",
line 1043, in _showPreferencesConsole
    [''])
ImportError: No module named orca_console_prefs
 
> --gui-setup: gives you a GUI-based preferences setup
interface, and is
> also available via Insert+s when Orca is running.  This
is still under
> construction and does not work yet, so don't try it
yet. We'll send an
> e-mail when it's ready for a look (later this week).
> 
> Note that you also still have the option of manually
editing the
> preferences file in your favorite accessible editor.  
> 
> Will
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Orca-list mailing list
> Orca-listgnome.org
> http
://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list

-- 

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bility.Com

Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone in
the U.S. and Canada--Go to http://ScreenlessPhone.Com
 to learn more.

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> I have last Friday's CVS but get the error below.
Possible that
> orca_console_prefs would be missing?

orca_console_prefs.py is in the CVS repository and it's
also installed
as part of make install.  I've checked this a number of
times, but of
course I might have made a mistake.  How did you
configure/build/install
orca?

Will


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