Thanks, I'll try this again. We have a Mercury retrograde today and that's my best time for starting out new projects. On Mon, 12 Mar 2012, T. V. Raman wrote: > DTK_PROGRAMshould identify the server, it should not be set to > the full path. > > >>>>> "Jude" == Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Jude> I got the DTk_PROGRAM variable pointed at > Jude> /home/jude/git/emacspeak/servers/espeak and file espeak > Jude> in that directory identifies it as a tcl 8.4 script. I > Jude> think it's executable since after having started > Jude> emacspeak 35.0 up and running c-eN I get the news file > Jude> up and no user visible changes are documented in it for > Jude> emacspeak 35.0 . > Jude> > Jude> On Mon, 12 Mar 2012, Steve Holmes wrote: > Jude> > >> I've also been using emacspeak with the espeak server for > >> over a year on Arch Linux now. I'm current so dunno what > >> version of tcl is running but I haven't had any > >> problems. I'm using emacspeak from the SVN package > >> available from AUR and that places all its files in > >> standard emacs lisp libraries basically. The only problem > >> I have had so far is getting capital letters to speak in a > >> higher pitch when cursoring over them a letter at a > >> time. Pitch changes when I have style changes or when > >> reading capitalized words but not individual > >> letters. That's probably an espeak thing with emacspeak > >> though I get pitch changes with Orca and speakuip. > >> > >> On 3/11/12, Tim Cross <tcross@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > > >> > OK, that being the case, then setting > >> DTK_PROGRAM=/usr/bin/espeak is > incorrect. You need to > >> set DTK_PROGRAM to the espeak script within the > servers > >> > directory of the emacspeak tree. Note that you may need > >> to change the > execution > bits on the espeak TCL script > >> to make it executable. > >> > > >> > Tim > >> > > >> > Jude DaShiell writes: > > By way of further > >> clarification, /usr/bin/espeak and /usr/bin/eflite were > > >> > created by the espeak and eflite packages > >> respectively.On Mon, 12 Mar > > 2012, Tim Cross wrote: > >> > > > >> > > > > >> > > > Jude, > >> > > > > >> > > > be aware that both the upstream e-speak package and > >> emacspeak come with > > > executable files called > >> espeak. You need to ensure the espeak > executable emacs > > >> > > and emacspeak are using is the correct one. > >> > > > > >> > > > Also note that the espeak tcl script provided by > >> emacspeak has an > expectation > > > that the shared > >> library it loads is in a subdirectory relative to the > > >> scripts > > > working directory called linux-espeak. If > >> the espeak script has been > moved to > > > /usr/bin, in > >> addition to causing conflicts with the e-speak pacakge > > >> binary of > > > the same name, the emacspeak espeak script > >> will likely fail because it > cannot > > > load the > >> atcleci.so library. The script would need to be modified > >> if > its > > > location is changed from the servers > >> directory. > >> > > > > >> > > > The EMACSPEAK_DIR should not be set to point to > >> /usr/bin. This variable > is used > > > by emacspeak to > >> find lisp files, auditory icons and other auxillary > data > >> files > > > and should point to the root of the emacspeak > >> directory, not to > /usr/bin. > >> > > > > >> > > > I have also used tcl8.5 with both outloud and espeak > >> with no problems. > >> > > > > >> > > > Tim > >> > > > > >> > > > Jude DaShiell writes: > > > > That's the situation > >> in archlinux which has a unique upgrade policy. > The > > > >> > > policy is that rolling upgrades take place. There's no > >> freezing or > > > > different versions like with Debian > >> and for now archlinux left > tcl8.4 in > > > > favor of > >> tcl8.5. If this is an impossible build environment, for as > >> > long > > > > as the necessary files from tcl8.4 remain > >> available for download on > the > > > > internet it may be > >> useful for the emacspeak project to have the > links to > > >> > > > them documented. While emacspeak was installed on > >> this system, it > and > > > > espeak and eflite were all > >> in the /usr/bin directory and I had echo > > > > > >> $DTK_PROGRAM returning either eflite or espeak once > >> .profile was > modified > > > > correctly and echo > >> $EMACSPEAK_DIR returned /usr/bin. Even with > these > > > > >> > conditions, and with the understanding that talking arch > >> uses espeak > to > > > > talk in the first place running > >> emacspeak only got me a process > speaker > > > > not > >> running message after which I had to issue the three > >> finger > salute to > > > > exit the environment. For now, > >> emacspeak is in unsupported status > on > > > > archlinux > >> and if it gets enough votes and an adopter it could move > > >> into a > > > > supported status. > >> > > > > > >> > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > > > > Jude <jdashiel-at-shellworld-dot-net> > > > > > >> <http://www.shellworld.net/~jdashiel/nj.html> > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > > > > To unsubscribe from the emacspeak list or change > >> your address on the > > > > emacspeak list send mail to > >> "emacspeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxx" with a > > > > subject > >> of "unsubscribe" or "help". > >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > > Jude <jdashiel-at-shellworld-dot-net> > > > >> <http://www.shellworld.net/~jdashiel/nj.html> > >> > > > >> > > > >> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > > To unsubscribe from the emacspeak list or change your > >> address on the > > emacspeak list send mail to > >> "emacspeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxx" with a > > subject of > >> "unsubscribe" or "help". > >> > > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Tim Cross > Information Technology > University of New > >> England > Phone: +61 2 6773 3210 > Mobile: 0428 212217 > > >> Fax: +61 2 6773 3424 > E-Mail: tcross@xxxxxxxxxxx > Web: > >> http://www.une.edu.au/itd > >> > --- > >> > Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint > >> attachments. > See > >> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > >> > > >> > Any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more > >> violent. It takes a > touch of genius (and a lot of > >> courage) to move in the opposite direction. > ?Albert > >> Einstein > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > To unsubscribe from the emacspeak list or change your > >> address on the > emacspeak list send mail to > >> "emacspeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxx" with a > subject of > >> "unsubscribe" or "help". > >> > > >> > > >> > >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the emacspeak list or change your > >> address on the emacspeak list send mail to > >> "emacspeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxx" with a subject of > >> "unsubscribe" or "help". > >> > >> > Jude> > Jude> ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Jude> Jude <jdashiel-at-shellworld-dot-net> > Jude> <http://www.shellworld.net/~jdashiel/nj.html> > Jude> > Jude> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Jude> To unsubscribe from the emacspeak list or change your > Jude> address on the emacspeak list send mail to > Jude> "emacspeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxx" with a subject of > Jude> "unsubscribe" or "help". > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- Jude <jdashiel-at-shellworld-dot-net> <http://www.shellworld.net/~jdashiel/nj.html> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the emacspeak list or change your address on the emacspeak list send mail to "emacspeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxx" with a subject of "unsubscribe" or "help".
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