I like the solution some of us on this list came up with a few wekks ago better. I think this started with Chuck. Saqib added the cool command syntax at the end: 1.) Create a /etc/speakup; 2.) Create a subdirectory in /etc/speakup for each of the synths available to you on your computer. If that's only one synth, that's OK; 3.) Launch linux with each of your synths, one at a time. Tweak your setteings as you want them by default. Then do: cp -a /proc/speakup/* /etc/speakup/[synthname] chmod -R 755 /etc/speakup/* NOTE: You may delete any files in /etc/speakup/[yoursynth] that weren't modified by you as you set your defaults, but no damage if you don't; 4.) Now for the cool part. Create an alias in one of your login files. I put the following in my .bash_profile: alias s="cp /etc/speakup/`cat /proc/speakup/synth`/* /proc/speakup" s The first of these two lines defines an alias I've called "s" but you can call it anything you like, obviously. I guess I'm into terse aliases for commands I might want to give often. The second line calls this alias so that My defaults are set after I login. Thereafter, to return to defaults, I simply type s and press enter. This works like a charm for me. Your mileage may vary, of course. On Sun, 3 Feb 2002, Shaun Oliver wrote: > just a thought, > try creating a .bash_profile file > and adding the various speakup parameters in there. > or better yet, make it part of the boot process. > eg, try adding those speech lines to your /etc/rc.d/rc.local, > or if you run a distribution such as debian, > try creating a 2 or 3 line shell script in your /etc/init.d directory > called speakup and make it executable and then create a symlink to it in > /etc/rc2.d and call it something like S10speakup > hth > Shaun.. > On Sat, 2 Feb 2002, > Richard Wells wrote: > > > How do I get my user account to see the .bashrc in the account's directory > > and execute any changes such as different speakup parameters? If i type > > "bash" after I log in the .bashrc file loads configuration but if I don't, > > it seems to be ignored. > > > > Thanks for help with this. > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org
