Accessible login prompt and i3 wm

[Linux for blind general discussion]

Both pacaur and yaourt still work as of today, however. They're likely to work for months, if not years. aurman I don't know.

I've not seen a clear favorite replacement yet, but I'm just one person.

Janina

Linux for blind general discussion writes:
> yaourt is depricated, aurman is known to work.  I don't know pacaur's
> status though.
> On Tue, 11 Sep 2018, Linux for blind general discussion
> wrote:
> 
> > Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 12:41:28
> > From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> > To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> > Subject: Re: Accessible login prompt and i3 wm
> >
> > So, it's in the AUR. Is there something beyond installing the package
> > using some pacman frontend like pacaur or yaourt?
> >
> > Linux for blind general discussion writes:
> > > I would like to know the same thing.
> > >
> > > > On Sep 10, 2018, at 4:41 PM, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I would also love to know how to install QT-AT-SPI that was one of the
> > > > headaches I have to deal with because I want to use mumble.
> > > >
> > > > On 9/10/18, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
> > > >> Hello, Didier here.
> > > >>
> > > >> I just checked on Slint, installing i3 for the first time
> > > >>
> > > >> It can be started with startx (in Slint, I just selected it
> > > >> typing session-chooser) and yes orca works with i3 as long
> > > >> as the apps you use are accessible. This is of course
> > > >> the case for Firefox.
> > > >>
> > > >> Only caveat: in Slint I had to type orca& from a terminal
> > > >> to get it started. I didn't investigate why (yet) as I am
> > > >> busy doing other things.
> > > >>
> > > >> Which distribution are you using?
> > > >> --
> > > >> Didier Spaier
> > > >> Slint maintainer
> > > >> http://slint.fr
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> On 9/10/18 9:44 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> > > >>> So how would I handle the login greater? Maybe I could just do it how
> > > >>> I do it login with speakup and start i3 with startx. But then is orca
> > > >>> accessible to i3.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> On 9/10/18, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> > > >>> wrote:
> > > >>>> I save my speakup settings by calling a script /bin/setspeakup
> > > >>>> from within rc.local.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> This script contains lines such as:
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> echo 6 > /speakup/soft/freq
> > > >>>> echo 7 > /speakup/soft/pitch
> > > >>>> echo 2 > /speakup/soft/vol
> > > >>>> echo 1 > /speakup/spell_delay
> > > >>>> echo 3 > /speakup/soft/rate
> > > >>>> echo 122     zee > /speakup/i18n/characters
> > > >>>> echo 90     ZEE > /speakup/i18n/characters
> > > >>>> chmod 666 /speakup/key_echo
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> This gives me the slow default speakup voice during the initial part
> > > >>>> of the boot process, but changes to my preferred voice near the end.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 12:02:53PM -0400, Linux for blind general
> > > >>>> discussion
> > > >>>> wrote:
> > > >>>>> Hello I want to install arch on my laptop. I would like to use a
> > > >>>>> window manager rather than a full blown desktop because I'm limited on
> > > >>>>> space. I would also like to setup a accessible login prompt. I would
> > > >>>>> like to try my hand at i3. I tryed ratpoison and I could never get
> > > >>>>> firefox-esr sound to work. Also how do you save speakup settings
> > > >>>>> between reboots. It always resets my speech rate when using speakup.
> > > >>>>>
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Janina Sajka

Linux Foundation Fellow
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The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
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