speakup 1.0 and slackware 8.0

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regarding the man page, I do not understand how the screen is set up with
all of the [] {} and <>.  This is why I wanted someone to explain how the
page is set up for me with man.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gregory Nowak" <gnowak1@xxxxxxx>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 4:55 PM
Subject: Re: speakup 1.0 and slackware 8.0


> You can get slackware 8 from:
> ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.0/isos/install.iso
> . This cd image already contains speakup.
>
> To find out what man does, simply type "man man" without the quotes
followed by enter.
>
> No programming under linux is not that different from programming in DOS.
Hth.
> Greg
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 11:26:02AM -0600, Reinhard Stebner wrote:
> > > Slackware 8 does come with talking boot disks and kernel.
> >
> > The only thing I found on the speakup web site was slackware 7.1 with
> > speaking boot disks.  Am I missing something?
> >
> > Thank you so much for your help it means a lot to me.  Here are some
more
> > newbee questions.  Could someone please explain how the man page works?
(by
> > taking a man page and saying what all of the  [] {} and <> mean in
context?
> >
> > How dows one read one screen at a time instead of one line at a time?
> >
> > Is there a way to copy that page and save it and then braille out than
man
> > page?
> >
> > Is there any way to have a braille device working with speakup?
> >
> > Where can I find more docs on the proper feeding and care of my new os?
> >
> > What about speakup (see last quesion).
> >
> > How hard is it to find documentation on programming un unix/linux?
> > Is it quite differant from programming under dos?
> >
> > Final quesion, what are some do and don'ts when comming to:
> >
> > 1) installing and setting up the os
> > 2) running the os
> > 3) upgrading
> > 4) speakups limitations when comming to the operating this os?
> >
> > Thank you once again for your willingness to help me out.
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>
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> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
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