Emacspeak discussion list

[Robert Melton <lists AT robertmelton.com>]

Should be able to do "make swiftmac" from the top level Makefile. Just like 
you would any other server. 

> On Jan 9, 2024, at 18:02, Victor Tsaran <vtsaran AT gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> John.
> From what I see on my end:
> 1. git clone https://github.com/tvraman/emacspeak.
> 2. Switch to the dir where the repo has been downloaded.
> 3. "make config", followed by "make".
> 4. "cd servers/mac-swiftmac", then "make". The Swiftmac binary gets copied 
> into the "servers" directory.
> 5. Then set up Swiftmac parameters as per Swiftmac's Readme inside 
> "~/.emacs.d/init.el" file.
> 
> Apologies... I know these steps sound obvious, but I wanted to demonstrate 
> how everything simply works on my end.
> What is different in your case?
> 
> Hope this helps somewhat?
> Victor
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jan 9, 2024 at 12:52 PM John Covici <emacspeak AT emacspeak.net> wrote:
> Problem is, there is no ~/.config/emacs/init.el this may be the
> problem.  Everything I have is in  ~/emacspeak.  Just to make sure I
> did a make clean, make config and make.
> 
> I ram emacs and there is nothing in the .config or .emacs.d related to
> emacspeak.
> 
> 
> I  have never had anything about emacspeak in  ~/.config, so not sure
> what is happening.
> 
> On Tue, 09 Jan 2024 11:08:20 -0500,
> Robert Melton wrote:
> > 
> > Again, that codepath has not changed, did you possibly install a new 
> > version of emacs or make other system changes? 
> > 
> > The way it detects where emacspeak is by running the emacspeak binary if 
> > it finds one, else the emacs binary and then it runs the following lisp 
> > code:
> > 
> > (ignore-errors
> >   (load "~/.emacs.el"))
> > (ignore-errors
> >   (load "~/.emacs"))
> > (ignore-errors
> >   (load "~/.emacs.d/init.el"))
> > (ignore-errors
> >   (load "~/.config/emacs/init.el"))
> > (print emacspeak-directory)
> > 
> > So, that appears to be returning something incorrect on your system?
> > 
> > > On Jan 9, 2024, at 10:55, John Covici <covici AT ccs.covici.com> wrote:
> > > 
> > > But your makefile was trying to install under .emacs.d and I have no
> > > emacspeak in that directory -- never have had one.
> > > 
> > > On Tue, 09 Jan 2024 10:30:32 -0500,
> > > Robert Melton wrote:
> > >> 
> > >> John--
> > >> 
> > >> I am lost at this point.  Emacspeak needs a directory to work.  
> > >> Additionally the code you are talking about has not changed, so it 
> > >> already ran the same code successfully on your computer.
> > >> 
> > >> .servers is a file that holds a list of the servers installed, not a 
> > >> directory.  You have to have an emacspeak directory and in it there is 
> > >> a servers directory and in that directory is a .servers file that has 
> > >> a list of the servers. 
> > >> 
> > >> Sounds a bit confusing, but in short like for my computer:
> > >> 
> > >> ~/.emacs.d/emacspeak/servers is where swiftmac will be installed, as 
> > >> well as the scripts like cloud-swiftmac and additionally in the 
> > >> directory is a .servers files which lists all the servers available.  
> > >> You shouldn't even be able to see .servers if you are not in the 
> > >> servers directory. 
> > >> 
> > >> I use emacs and a shell script to find where your emacspeak is 
> > >> installed, then do the required modifications to the emacspeak install 
> > >> to insert swiftmac, while leaving turning it on in the users hands. 
> > >> 
> > >> 
> > >>> On Jan 9, 2024, at 10:22, John Covici <covici AT ccs.covici.com> wrote:
> > >>> 
> > >>> Hi.  In fact there is no emacspeak directory in ~/.emacs.d -- I don't
> > >>> think there ever was such a directory.
> > >>> 
> > >>> swiftmac is only in .servers directory in emacspeak.
> > >>> 
> > >>> On Tue, 09 Jan 2024 07:34:37 -0500,
> > >>> Robert Melton wrote:
> > >>>> 
> > >>>> John--
> > >>>> 
> > >>>> That implies the target directory doesn't exist... does it?
> > >>>> 
> > >>>>> On Jan 9, 2024, at 00:54, John Covici <covici AT ccs.covici.com> wrote:
> > >>>>> 
> > >>>>> On the latest build I get the following output:
> > >>>>> 
> > >>>>> Build complete! (0.07s)
> > >>>>> cp cloud-swiftmac ~/.emacs.d/emacspeak/servers/cloud-swiftmac
> > >>>>> cp: /Users/covici/.emacs.d/emacspeak/servers/cloud-swiftmac: No such
> > >>>>> file or directory
> > >>>>> make: *** [support_files] Error 1
> > >>>>> 
> > >>>>> 
> > >>>>> On Mon, 08 Jan 2024 08:11:04 -0500,
> > >>>>> Robert Melton wrote:
> > >>>>>> 
> > >>>>>> John--
> > >>>>>> 
> > >>>>>> Pushed out 1.0.4 which might fix your issue, let me know. 
> > >>>>>> 
> > >>>>>>> On Jan 8, 2024, at 01:03, John Covici (via emacspeak Mailing 
> > >>>>>>> List) <emacspeak AT emacspeak.net> wrote:
> > >>>>>>> 
> > >>>>>>> Hi.  I  have found that swiftmacc 1.0.3 does not say any 
> > >>>>>>> punctuation
> > >>>>>>> when reading lines.  I made sure the mode was set to all, but no 
> > >>>>>>> joy.
> > >>>>>>> Swiitching to tthe default mac server fixes this problem.
> > >>>>>>> 
> > >>>>>>> -- 
> > >>>>>>> Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The 
> > >>>>>>> question is:
> > >>>>>>> How do
> > >>>>>>> you spend it?
> > >>>>>>> 
> > >>>>>>>      John Covici wb2una
> > >>>>>>>      covici AT ccs.covici.com
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> > >>>>>> 
> > >>>>>> 
> > >>>>> 
> > >>>>> -- 
> > >>>>> Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question 
> > >>>>> is:
> > >>>>> How do
> > >>>>> you spend it?
> > >>>>> 
> > >>>>>       John Covici wb2una
> > >>>>>       covici AT ccs.covici.com
> > >>>> 
> > >>>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> -- 
> > >>> Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
> > >>> How do
> > >>> you spend it?
> > >>> 
> > >>>        John Covici wb2una
> > >>>        covici AT ccs.covici.com
> > >> 
> > >> 
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
> > > How do
> > > you spend it?
> > > 
> > >         John Covici wb2una
> > >         covici AT ccs.covici.com
> > 
> > 
> 
> -- 
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> How do
> you spend it?
> 
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