It is a dos-based modual. I dare say if this were windows (xp specificly) all you would have to do is rename it "mousemodual.exe" and it would be recognized by dos. That should give you a small step in the right direction. Kevin email: kjsisco at rcn.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Luke Davis" <ldavis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 7:09 PM Subject: Re: Proving myself > Kevin > > What *language* is this module code in? Unix is not a language, it is an > operating system, upon which all manner of languages can be compiled. > We can't even use this code, if you don't tell us how to compile it. > In order to tell us how to compile it, you will have to tell us what > language it's in, or what compiler to use. > > Please, give us some help on making this work. > > A step by step of the form "first, save it as ... Next, run the compiler > as such ... Then move the resulting object file to ... Then, recompile > your kernel as follows ...", or the like, would be nice. > > Luke > > > On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, kevin wrote: > > > First of all that file was "mousemodual" > > Secondly, it refers to a unix system. I did this to demonstrate that I know > > what I am talking about. In fact, you will notice my use of comments in the > > code. > > Kevin > > email: > > kjsisco at rcn.com > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Luke Davis" <ldavis at shellworld.net> > > To: <Speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 6:17 PM > > Subject: Re: Proving myself > > > > > > > It was text, saved as "mousemodule.mouse", by a DOS style system (DOS > > > newline convensions). Here it is, in its unattached form: > > > > > > > > > MODULE "PERIPHERALS/MOUSE" > > > MSGCATALOG "peripherals/mouse" > > > > > > -- Import some types > > > TYPEDEF DeviceName IMPORT ".DeviceName" > > > TYPEDEF DevicePathName IMPORT ".DevicePathName" > > > > > > device RECORD { > > > model STRING MATCHES "[a-z0-9]*" > > > protocol STRING > > > deviceFile DevicePathName DEFAULT "/dev/mouse" > > > threshold UNSIGNED IN RANGE 2 ... 65535 DEFAULT "25" > > > acceleration UNSIGNED DEFAULT "2" > > > emulation STRING IN CHOICE { > > > "none" > > > ":MOUSE_EMULATE_NONE:", > > > "3button" ":MOUSE_EMULATE_3BUTTON:", > > > } > > > } > > > models LIST OF RECORD { > > > > > > models LIST OF RECORD { > > > name STRING MATCHES "[a-z0-9]*" > > > protocol STRING > > > description STRING > > > deviceFile DevicePathName > > > driver DeviceName > > > } NAMINGATTR name READONLY > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Gregory Nowak wrote: > > > > > > > I didn't even detach it, but it looked like a binary file to me from > > > > the attachment description. > > > > > > > > If that's what it is, then I'm wondering if somebody has the guts to > > > > run it (assuming that is possible), and report to us on what it does? > > > > > > > > Greg > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 11:08:09PM +0000, Luke Davis wrote: > > > > > Okay, perhaps I am going to look like a fool for asking, but what > > language > > > > > is this thing in? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >