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Re: Emacspeak ignores custom values from the .emacs file



Tim,

If I understand it correctly, your approach is to have your init.org
file and then tangle it manually into your various lisp files.

Assuming my understanding is correct, I use a slightly different
approach which does the tangling and loading of the org file each time emacs starts.

This way I don't have to remember to tangle the org source.

I put the details below just in case it's helpful to someone.

I launc emacs with a script (this is on OSX):

#!/bin/bash
open -F -n /Users/bart/emacs/head/Emacs.app  --args -fg yellow -bg black -l /Users/bart/emacs/site-lisp/init.el --no-splash  

Then the init.el contains:
;;; init.el
;; This is the first thing to get loaded.

; Load emacspeak
(setq load-path (cons "~/emacs/head/src/emacspeak/lisp" load-path))
(setq load-path (cons "~/emacs/head/src/emacspeak/lisp/contrib" load-path))
(setq emacspeak-directory "~/emacs/head/src/emacspeak")
(setq dtk-program "mac")
(setq mac-default-speech-rate 500)
(load-file "~/emacs/head/src/emacspeak/lisp/emacspeak-setup.el")

;Make sure our copy of org-mode gets loaded
(setq load-path (cons "~/emacs/head/src/org-mode/lisp" load-path))
(require 'org)
(org-babel-load-file (expand-file-name "config.org" "~/emacs/site-lisp"))



I appear to load emacspeak outside the org file but can't remember if
this was done for any specific reason or just to ensure it is done first
thing.  I think it is historical rather than necessary.

The key part is the call to org-babel-load-file

Kind regards

Bart

Tim Cross <theophilusx@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> OK, for those who are interested, I have uploaded my init.org file to
> github. The init.org file can be downloaded and opened in emacs using
> org-mode. You can then run M-x org-babel-load-file <RET> init.org to
> generate the *.el files. Note that you probably should do this in a
> temporary directory and not your .emacs.d directory to see what happens.
> The temporary directory will also need a subdirectory called lisp for this
> to work correctly.
>
> Use at your own risk. The url is
> https://github.com/theophilusx/emacs-init-org.git
>
> On 11 June 2015 at 23:04, Steve Holmes <steve@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I would be most interested in your setup. I had no idea org-mode could be
>> used in this manner. I looked briefly at the org-babel stuff and I have to
>> do a lot more reading to understand it fully. Apparently, you can actually
>> execute or evaluate code from org-mode but it sounds like you are doing
>> something different. Anyway, I think some examples here will go much
>> further to explain how to do this.
>>
>> I look forward to what you can share. Getting emacspeak working just the
>> way we want can be a challenge.
>>
>> > On Jun 10, 2015, at 3:33 PM, Tim Cross <tcross@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> > So far, using org-mode seems to work well. I’m still tweaking it a bit
>> to get it right, but essentially, you can define your elisp blocks so that
>> when you generate the code from the file, it will put various blocks in
>> different *.el files. In my setup, I have a directory in .emacs.d called
>> ‘lisp’ where all my *.el files go - for example, I have init-emacspeak.el
>> >
>> > In my .emacs.d directory, I have an init.org file and an init.el file.
>> The init.el file and the *.el files in the lisp directory are all generated
>> from the init.org file. The init.el file is essentially just some basic
>> setup code i.e. setting load-path etc and then a whole bunch of require
>> statements which load files from the lisp directory.
>> >
>> > I will try to find time to clean up my init.org file and will then ut
>> it up on github in case anyone wants to have a look at it. However,
>> emacspeak users will need to recognise that my setup is a bit more complex
>> than most users will need and has a lot of additional packages which many
>> probably won’t want. Provided people use it just as a guide and not a
>> canned configuration file, I’m happy for people to use whatever they want
>> from it. I will not be in a position to help debug any problems people run
>> into.
>> >
>> > I have also included an experimental ‘get me out of trouble’ feature,
>> which should allow easy startup of emacs with emacspeak in a minimal
>> configuration - the idea being that if you break things, you have an escape
>> hatch to get basic functionality back.
>> >
>> > regards,
>> >
>> > Tim
>> >
>> >
>> > <une.png>
>> >
>> >
>> > Tim Cross
>> >
>> > IT Security Manager
>> > Information Technology Directorate
>> >
>> > University of New England
>> > Armidale N.S.W. 2351 Australia
>> >
>> > Email: tcross@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Phone: +61 2 6773 3210
>> > Mobile: +61 428 212 217
>> >
>> >> On 11 Jun 2015, at 12:04 am, T. V. Raman <tv.raman.tv@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> That's good to hear -- re org -- have been planning to do
>> >> something like that for myself -- just haven't had the time. My
>> >> .custom file keeps corrupting itself and I started keeping it
>> >> under git control -- but that doesn't help much either. A giant
>> >> custom file basically becomes a single-point of failure -- it's
>> >> like the Windows Registry:-)
>> >>>>>>> "Tim" == Tim Cross <tcross@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> >>    Tim> ?Hi Victor, I think Raman hit the nail on the head - the
>> >>    Tim> dtk speech settings, such as speech rate, are a little
>> >>    Tim> different and need to be setup as part of the startup
>> >>    Tim> hook. Have a look at his settings in the tvr directory
>> >>    Tim> for good examples. I moved away from using the custom
>> >>    Tim> stuff, preferring to do it manually. In fact, I recently
>> >>    Tim> moved to using org-mode with babel and now keep all my
>> >>    Tim> emacs config in a file called init.org and use org modes
>> >>    Tim> babel support to export the relevant bits as *.el files
>> >>    Tim> in my .emacs.d directory. Quite like using this literate
>> >>    Tim> programming approach to maintaining my configuration as
>> >>    Tim> it provides more background/notes on why certain
>> >>    Tim> configuraitons are done in certain ways.
>> >>    Tim>
>> >>    Tim>
>> >>    Tim> Tim
>> >>    Tim>
>> >>    Tim>
>> >>    Tim>
>> >>    Tim> -- Tim Cross IT Security Manager Information Technology
>> >>    Tim> Directorate University of New England Armidale NSW 2351
>> >>    Tim>
>> >>    Tim> Phone: +61 2 6773 3210 Mobile: +61 428 212 217 Email:
>> >>    Tim> tcross@xxxxxxxxxxx ________________________________ From:
>> >>    Tim> Victor Tsaran <vtsaran@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, 10
>> >>    Tim> June 2015 2:18 PM To: Tim Cross Cc: emacspeak Subject:
>> >>    Tim> Re: Emacspeak ignores custom values from the .emacs file
>> >>    Tim>
>> >>    Tim> Hello TIm. All of your assumptions are correct. I set
>> >>    Tim> custom values from the Easy Customization wizards,
>> >>    Tim> Emacspeak is loaded from the first line of my .emacs
>> >>    Tim> file and c-e c-s does not make any difference in my
>> >>    Tim> scenario.
>> >>    Tim>
>> >>    Tim> Thanks, Victor
>> >>    Tim>
>> >>    Tim>
>> >>    Tim>
>> >>    Tim> On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 1:27 AM, Tim Cross
>> >>    Tim> <theophilusx@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:theophilusx@xxxxxxxxxxx>>
>> >>    Tim> wrote: Hi Victor,
>> >>    Tim>
>> >>    Tim> we probably need a bit more info as there are different
>> >>    Tim> ways of doing this.
>> >>    Tim>
>> >>    Tim> Can you clarify - are you using emacs custom to set
>> >>    Tim> these values or have you created entries manually in
>> >>    Tim> your emacs init file to customize emacs settings?
>> >>    Tim>
>> >>    Tim> I'm assuming you have a line in your .emacs file to load
>> >>    Tim> the emacspeak startup stuff - is this at the beginning
>> >>    Tim> of your .emacs file?
>> >>    Tim>
>> >>    Tim> Is this with all emacspeak settings or just some?
>> >>    Tim>
>> >>    Tim> If you restart the server with C-e C-s, do your settings
>> >>    Tim> take effect?
>> >>    Tim>
>> >>    Tim> Tim
>> >>    Tim>
>> >>    Tim> On 9 June 2015 at 16:40, Victor Tsaran
>> >>    Tim> <vtsaran@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:vtsaran@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>> >>    Tim> Hi. I've noticed the below behavior since I started
>> >>    Tim> running from the git repository, but didn't want to ask
>> >>    Tim> here before looking around. Unfortunately, I did not
>> >>    Tim> find any answer, so am posting here... After making the
>> >>    Tim> Emacspeak-relatedcustomizations, which are saved in my
>> >>    Tim> .emacs file, every time I start Emacs with Emacspeak,
>> >>    Tim> the latter ignores Emacspeak-related values from . emacs
>> >>    Tim> and reverts to the default ones. For example, if I set
>> >>    Tim> my Mac speech rate to 550, Emacspeak reverts to the
>> >>    Tim> default one (225) upon startup. I know that my .emacs is
>> >>    Tim> in good condition because other values are loaded with
>> >>    Tim> no problems.
>> >>    Tim>
>> >>    Tim> Where else can I look to troubleshoot this?
>> >>    Tim>
>> >>    Tim> Thanks, Victor
>> >>    Tim>
>> >>    Tim>
>> >>    Tim>
>> >>    Tim>
>> >>    Tim>
>> >>    Tim> -- regards,
>> >>    Tim>
>> >>    Tim> Tim
>> >>    Tim>
>> >>    Tim> -- Tim Cross
>> >>    Tim>
>> >>    Tim>
>> >
>>
>>
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>
>
> -- 
> regards,
>
> Tim
>
> --
> Tim Cross
Bart
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Bart Bunting



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