that's not a very hard program to write... slackware requires some coding at times to. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gaijin" <gaijin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 8:54 PM Subject: Re: Trying out Slackware > Zachary Kline wrote: > > What is the method for installing stuff that isn't in the Slackware >> package lists? > > On the install DVD/CDs, you'll find a directory named "slackbook." > Not only does it teach you something about Slackware, but a little > about Linux itself. Use your web browser and load the index.html file. > It sounded like a pretty well written pamphlet on the system. I'm > used to books being a little larger. <grins> I assume you'll have to > visit Sourceforge for additional packages and install them into > /usr/local. How they missed dos2unix I don't know, but the 'tr' command > should do for removing carriage returns. > > Michael > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
