Ah I'll try the emacspeak-git one. Currently trying to figure out why the changes I set won't take effect at all. I've bumped the speech rate up to 350 and yet it doesn't auto load that? Did I miss something obvious or..? On Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 11:15:16PM +0200, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > By the way, did you install Emacspeak itself from AUR, or git? I > discovered that the Git version is better than the AUR one. Since you > said you are using Paru, I believe it works almost the same like yay. I > use yay here. Still the bottom line is that you can just pull emacspeak > from its repo and then run it that way. > > Ishe > > Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > Right got all that going...but... > > > > I dunno iif it's an arch specific issue or the tutorial I was following is outdated, but there's no emacspeak group in the customize options > > > > But, there's literally zero things about emacspeak in the settings at all. I'm running it from the AUR which may be my problem. I'll try a manual compile and go from there. I forget the latest release though but I thought it was higher than 28? > > > > On Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 02:33:25PM -0500, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > >> Should be at ~/.emacs.el > >> Devin Prater > >> r.d.t.prater@xxxxxxxxx > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 2:28 PM Linux for blind general discussion < > >> blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >> > One problem... > >> > > >> > Where is that el file then? Turning off the auditory icons didn't do > >> > anything at all, at least not that I'm aware of? > >> > > >> > On Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 02:02:21PM -0500, Linux for blind general > >> > discussion wrote: > >> > > To kill the icons, do C-u C-e a. That's Control + U (universal argument), > >> > > Control + E for the Emacspeak layered command, then a for audio icons. > >> > Then > >> > > to change speech rate, do C-u C-e d r. To set that perminently, do C-h > >> > spc > >> > > (control + h then space) for customize, type emacspeak, pres Enter, find > >> > > the speech rate for whatever you're using, eSpeak or Outloud, then change > >> > > that number, then save the buffer with C-x s. > >> > > > >> > > To install MELPA, add this to your .emacs.el file: > >> > > > >> > > (require 'package) > >> > > (add-to-list 'package-archives '("melpa" . "https://melpa.org/packages/") > >> > t) > >> > > > >> > > Save your .emacs.el file. Now, do C-h p. This opens a list of packages. > >> > You > >> > > can use your arrow keys, or n and p, to navigate packages. Press i to > >> > make > >> > > the ones you want to install, including the nov package for reading > >> > books, > >> > > then press x to install. You'll be asked if you want to install a number > >> > of > >> > > packages, press y. > >> > > > >> > > Then, when done, you can add this to enable nov.el to open EPUB files: > >> > > > >> > > (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.epub\\'" . nov-mode)) > >> > > > >> > > You can read more about it at: > >> > > > >> > > https://depp.brause.cc/nov.el/ > >> > > > >> > > Devin Prater > >> > > r.d.t.prater@xxxxxxxxx > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > On Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 1:20 PM Linux for blind general discussion < > >> > > blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > > > >> > > > So. How would I go about installing all that from scratch then? I've a > >> > > > bone tock emacspeak install with paru -S emacspeak. > >> > > > > >> > > > Now. How do I get that book thing, tramp and gnus or notmuch and such. > >> > Is > >> > > > there a script I can run that does all the heavy lifting for me or is > >> > it a > >> > > > case of download this, extract it here, edit these files and such? > >> > I've no > >> > > > clue where Arch puts the configs and stuff for emacspeak or where to > >> > even > >> > > > look for editing stuf like that. > >> > > > > >> > > > So. Where do I begin? > >> > > > > >> > > > See what i want to do before anything else, is up the speech rate and > >> > kill > >> > > > the sound icons, the beeps and bleeps when I move around a buffer. I > >> > did > >> > > > look in the emacspeak manual but didn't find anything and the default > >> > > > speech rate is insanely slow for my liking > >> > > > > >> > > > On Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 01:01:55PM -0500, Linux for blind general > >> > > > discussion wrote: > >> > > > > One thing you forgot to ask: Can I read books in Emaacs with > >> > Emacspeak? > >> > > > The > >> > > > > answer is yes, through Nov.el (from the Melpa package archives). It's > >> > > > > pretty darn nice, preserves all the formatting, lets you move through > >> > > > > chapters and such, much better than converting to plain text and > >> > trying > >> > > > to > >> > > > > save your place there. > >> > > > > Devin Prater > >> > > > > r.d.t.prater@xxxxxxxxx > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > On Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 11:04 AM Linux for blind general discussion < > >> > > > > blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > Hi answers inline, but in short for the first three questions: yes > >> > it's > >> > > > > > possible. > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >> > writes: > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > I know i'm going to be in for a long, long, painful process. > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > But here's my questions. > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > Can I, on emacspeak... > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > 1. Check and respond to my gemails? Dirent things online have > >> > > > > > > different answers > >> > > > > > You can use any of the email clients such as notmuch, Wanderlust, > >> > gnus > >> > > > > > or mu4e to do just that. The only thing I have to say is that like > >> > most > >> > > > > > terminal applications, you have to deal with text files to enter > >> > IMAP > >> > > > > > and SMTP details. > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > As for me, I use notmuch. > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > 2. Have a telnet client up and going to connect to stuff like > >> > MUDs > >> > > > > > > without leaving emacspeak? > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > Sure, you use tramp for that. For instance, entering > >> > /ssh:root!blahblah > >> > > > > > will connect you to a remote ssh server at blahblah. > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > 3. Can I browse the modern net in emacspeak or? > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > You can use eww or w3. If you set a variable for it to pretend as > >> > if it > >> > > > > > is FF or something else. However, personally, though I am a heavy > >> > Emacs > >> > > > > > user, I still find browsing with Firefox or Chrome with Orca a > >> > better > >> > > > > > option. > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > And 4. Al, do you happen to know where I can get a hold o that > >> > book > >> > > > > > > you metnioned? > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > I am not Al, but the book is called Harley's Emacs Field Guide and > >> > can > >> > > > > > be found from Bookshare. > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > Cheers, > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > Ishe > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > Those are my four questions. I the answer to any of the above is > >> > no, > >> > > > > > it's a deal breaker for me > >> > > > > > > -- > >> > > > > > > Jace's words are up there. 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