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@xxxxxxxxxx> > > To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > 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@xxxxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > >>> 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. > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > > > >>>>> Blinux-list mailing list > > > >>>>> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > >>>>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > >>>> > > > >>>> -- > > > >>>> Rudy Vener > > > >>>> Website: http://www.rudyvener.com > > > >>>> > > > >>>> _______________________________________________ > > > >>>> Blinux-list mailing list > > > >>>> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > >>>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > >>>> > > > >>> > > > >>> _______________________________________________ > > > >>> Blinux-list mailing list > > > >>> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > >>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > >>> > > > >> > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > > >> Blinux-list mailing list > > > >> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > >> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Blinux-list mailing list > > > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Blinux-list mailing list > > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Janina Sajka Linux Foundation Fellow Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list