Yes, there is quite a bit of documentation. There is some html files in
the emacspeak/html directory and some documents in the emacspeak/etc
directory. The main documentation is in *.info format. Add the following
to your .emacs.el file before the line which loads emacspeak-setup.el
(require 'info)
(add-to-list 'Info-additional-directory-list
(expand-file-name "info" *emacspeak-src-dir*))
then use emacs info mode (C-h i) to open info and look for a menu entry
for 'Emacspeak'.
Mohammed Alderweesh <alderweesh.m(a)gmail.com> writes:
> Finally, I worked with no errors or wornings!!!!.
>
> Thank you so much!!!
>
> Is there any guide to learn more how to use emacs with emacspeak?
>
> Thank you.
> Mohammed
>
> On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 11:02 PM Tim Cross <theophilusx(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Mohammad,
>
> that is a bug, which I thought had been addressed in the sources.
> Luckily, it is easily fixed. Add the following line to your .emacs.el
> file before the line to load emacspeak-setup.el
>
> (setq tts-default-voice 'alex)
>
> Mohammed Alderweesh <alderweesh.m(a)gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Hi Tim,
> >
> > Thank you for the great efforts> I tried using the .emacs.el you edited, but still with no luck. I tried copying th stack trace, but I was not able
> to. I
> > get the following error:
> >
> > Warning (initialization): An error occurred while loading ‘/Users/mohammad/.emacs.el’:
> >
> > Symbol's value as variable is void: tts-default-voice
> >
> > To ensure normal operation, you should investigate and remove the
> > cause of the error in your initialization file. Start Emacs with
> > the ‘--debug-init’ option to view a complete error backtrace.
> >
> > Note that now when I move by character, emacspeak speaks the characters.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Mohammed
> >
> > On 9 Ram. 1442 AH, at 9:40 AM, Tim Cross <theophilusx(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > OK, I have attached a modified .emac.el file. Replace your version with
> > the attached version and see if that works better.
> >
> > If you still get errors, try running emacs with the debug-init flag i.e.
> >
> > emacs --debug-init
> >
> > If there is an error, it will provide a backtrace, which will help
> > identify where the problem is.
> >
> > The other thing you should do is verify that the 'mac' speech server is
> > working. Change to the servers directory and run it. You should here it
> > speak. Use Ctl-c to exit. i.e.
> >
> > cd ~/emacspeak/servers
> > ./mac
> >
> > If the 'mac' script is not executable, you will need to make it
> > executable with
> >
> > chmod u+x ./mac
> >
> > What I have done is just add a couple of lines to the .emacs.el file.
> >
> > - Add/set the environment variable EMACSPEAK_DIR to the path to the root
> > of your emacspeak source tree
> >
> > - Add/set the environment variable DTK_PROGRAM to 'mac'. The default
> > speech server is espeak and while you can install and build espeak on
> > the mac, you don't need to. The 'mac' server uses the macOS built-in
> > TTS (same as voiceOver).
> >
> > - Add the emacspeak lisp dir to the load path. Strictly speaking, I'm
> > not sure if you need this as I think it might be done by
> > emacspeak-startup.el, but no harm in making sure.
> >
> > With luck, this should get you working. There will be other things you
> > will want to configure/customize, like speech rate, auditory icons etc,
> > but those are not critical.
> >
> > Note also that if you see 'warnings' from emacs, don't worry too much
> > about them. They are only warnings, not errors and while it is good to
> > get rid of them, they don't always cause harm. They are the sort of
> > thing you can investigate more once your running.
> >
> > <mohammad.el>
> > Mohammed Alderweesh <alderweesh.m(a)gmail.com> writes:
> >
> > /Users/mohammad/emacspeak
> >
> > Here they are...
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 7:36 AM Tim Cross <theophilusx(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > You might not believe it, but I think we are getting closer!
> >
> > Can you attach a copy of your .emacs.el file? Also, can you cd into the
> > emacspeak lisp directory and execute pwd and paste that it so I know
> > what the full path is to your emacspeak install?
> >
> > Mohammed Alderweesh <alderweesh.m(a)gmail.com> writes:
> >
> > Hi Victor and Tim,
> > I cloned the git repo from github.
> >
> > I don’t know how to configure the voice server.
> >
> > I replaced make-thread with funcall, and recompiled, but it did not work
> > I also uninstalled emacs and installed the version of emacs suggested by Tim, and it is still not working
> >
> > I get the following error:
> >
> > Warning (initialization): An error occurred while loading ‘/Users/mohammad/.emacs.el’:
> >
> > error: Specified program for new process is a directory
> >
> > To ensure normal operation, you should investigate and remove the
> > cause of the error in your initialization file. Start Emacs with
> > the ‘--debug-init’ option to view a complete error backtrace.
> >
> > Thank you
> > Mohammed
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 4:03 AM Tim Cross <theophilusx(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Just to be clear, you don't need to be a user of macPorts. The
> > railwaycat cask is a homebrew cask, so it is really just another
> > homebrew formula. Once installed, brew update/upgrade works just the
> > same as if you were using the 'native' emacs build.
> >
> > Victor Tsaran <vtsaran(a)gmail.com> writes:
> >
> > Sure, that's probably true if you are a user of MacPorts. :)
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 5:43 PM Tim Cross <theophilusx(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Victor,
> >
> > good point. I had forgotten about this issue, primarily because I'm not
> > impacted by it.
> >
> > Note that the only 'solution' is not just editing to remove calls to
> > make-thread and replace with funcall. You can also install the mac-ports
> > version of emacs using the railwaycat/emacsport/emacs-mac cask. I've
> > been using this version without issue and without needing to modify
> > emacspeak. I think it also has some other advantages and find it works
> > better on the mac than a native build - for example, it has a setting
> > which allows you to turn off voiceOver when running emacs, so you can
> > avoid the issue of voiceOver and emacspeak fighting against each other
> > an not need to turn off voiceOver when using emacspeak. It also seems to
> > integrate better with the rest of macOS and I don't need to do anything
> > 'special' to get command/option keys working consistently. I've found no
> > compatibility issues or noticed anything negative compared to using the
> > native build. It is also at version 27.2.
> >
> > See https://github.com/railwaycat/homebrew-emacsmacport for details on
> > how to use this formula with homebrew. You need to remove any other
> > emacs installed via homebrew before installing it.
> >
> > Victor Tsaran <vtsaran(a)gmail.com> writes:
> >
> > Hello Mohammed!
> > I filed a bug against Emacs developers on precisely this issue. We have discussed it just a few weeks ago.
> > While they are figuring out the cause, which I hope will happen soon or not at all, the only fix that worked is what Raman
> > suggested in
> >
> > one
> >
> > of
> >
> > his
> >
> > earlier messages. Namely:
> >
> > 1. Open emacspeak.el in your emacspeak/lisp directory.
> > 2. Substitute any calls of "make-thread" with "funcall" (there should be only two occurrences), then save.
> > 3. Recompile by running "make emacspeak" in your "emacspeak" directory.
> > You should now be good to go in both Terminal as well the GUI, i.e. if you decide to run Emacs app from the Applications
> > folder.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> > Victor
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 4:30 PM Mohammed Alderweesh <alderweesh.m(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Here is the output of echo $path
> >
> > /usr/local/bin /usr/bin /bin /usr/sbin /sbin
> >
> > and here is the output of which emacs:
> >
> > /usr/local/bin/emacs
> >
> > Note that when I open emacs without loading emacspeak-setup.el, I get the emacs version is 27.2.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Mohammed
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 1:23 AM Tim Cross <theophilusx(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I think we first need to verify that your path variable is correct and
> > your running the version of emacs installed by homebrew. Can you run in
> > a terminal the following commands and paste the output in a reply?
> >
> > echo $PATH
> >
> > which emacs
> >
> > and then try running
> >
> > /usr/local/bin/emacs
> >
> > and see if that makes any difference.
> >
> > Mohammed Alderweesh <alderweesh.m(a)gmail.com> writes:
> >
> > Hi Tim,
> >
> > I used:
> >
> > brew install -cask emacs
> >
> > Then, I built emacspeak using:
> >
> > make config
> > make emacspeak
> >
> > Then, I added the following to .emacs.el:
> >
> > (load-file “~/emacspeak/lisp/emacspeak-setup.el”)
> > When I remove this line from the .emacs.el, emacs works normally.
> >
> > The version of emacs is 27.2
> > When I use the command
> > Emacs
> >
> > I get the error mentioned in the last email.
> > When I use the command:
> >
> > emacspeak
> >
> > I get command not found.
> >
> > Thank you
> > Mohammed
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 8:16 AM Tim Cross <theophilusx(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > How did you install Emacs? What version is it?
> >
> > What is the exact command your running in the terminal to start emacsthe
> >
> > What do you have in your emacs init file?
> >
> > This looks like a low level emacs error and not specific to emacspeak.
> > The error seems related to memory allocation. My guess is that the build
> > of emacs has not worked correctly.
> >
> > Make sure your running a recent version of Emacs (macOS comes with a
> > very old version of Emacs which will not work with emacspeak).
> >
> > Mohammed Alderweesh <alderweesh.m(a)gmail.com> writes:
> >
> > Hello list,
> >
> > My name is Mohammed Alderweesh. This is my first time posting to this list. I am trying to run emacs on Mac os
> > x, I installed the
> >
> > required
> >
> > packages,
> >
> > but when I try running it from the terminal I get the following error:
> >
> > 2021-04-20 05:17:01.372 Emacs-x86_64-10_14[10274:228475] Warning: Expected min height of view:
> > (<NSButton:
> >
> > 0x7fbe575bced0>) to be
> >
> > less
> >
> > than or equal to 30 but got a height of 32.000000. This error will be logged once per view in violation.
> >
> > 2021-04-20 05:17:01.377 Emacs-x86_64-10_14[10274:228475] Warning: Expected min height of view:
> > (<NSButton:
> >
> > 0x7fbe576376c0>) to be
> >
> > less
> >
> > than or equal to 30 but got a height of 32.000000. This error will be logged once per view in violation.
> >
> > Emacs-x86_64-10_14(10274,0x700005a4f000) malloc: *** error for object 0x7000062509f8: pointer being freed
> > was not allocated
> >
> > Emacs-x86_64-10_14(10274,0x700005a4f000) malloc: *** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
> >
> > Fatal error 4: Illegal instruction
> >
> > zsh: abort emacs
> >
> > Can you please help me into how to run the software?
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Mohammed
> >
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