Re: Cygwin.

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Hi Anders,

Yes, Cygwin is accessible for us, especially with brltty. The installer is a bear. I finally figured out how to work it using Jaws braille, but with the little bit I learned about WindowEyes braille it wasn't nearly as complete. I don't know if I would ever have caught on using speech. (But that might be influenced a bit by my being deaf...)

If you've got about 3 GB of free disk space you can install everything. This is easier and, imho, more reliable. If you don't have or want to spend that much you can try to figure out the specific components you'll need.

In any case, start with the default installation. This gives you a Bash shell and some tools. After that you can install everything (look at the User's Guide for instructions) or the specific packages you need. Trying to do it all in one shot has never worked for me which is why I suggest a two-stage process (and I think the User's Guide does too).

Good luck,

--
Lee Maschmeyer
Computing Center Services
Computing and Information Technology
Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan, USA
----- Original Message ----- From: "Anders Holmberg" <anders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Linux for blind general discussion'" <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 13:43
Subject: Cygwin.


Hello!
Is this cygwin accessible to the blind?
I really woud ike to try compiling brltty as a windows aplication.
/Anders.

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