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["T.V Raman" <raman AT google.com>]

good --- good to previous note on staying focused as well.



"Robert Melton" (via emacspeak Mailing List) writes:
 > 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
 > > > 
 > > > 
 > > 
 > > -- 
 > > 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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