Thank you. I'll try all this. ----- Original Message ----- From: acollins@xxxxxxxxxxx To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Friday, September 12, 2014 7:09 pm Subject: Re: Using Orca on the Gnome desktop > > > Hello Mike. Try the gnome-help facility. Prss alt-f2, which opens a > run dialog, then type gnome-help. You cantab, shift-tab, through the > topics, then press enter on the one you want. > > The Gnome Desktop in wheezy is blank. That is, there are no icons. If > you'd rather have a desktop with icons, go in to the run dialog, and tab > to the installed applications button. Press space to check it, then tab > to the applications list. Select the application preferences app, and > then tab through the desktop tab, and check the buttons for the icons > you want to appear. Be sure to check the "use file manager to manage > desktop" button. When you are done, press enter on the ok button. If > you want other icons other than the ones listed in the applications > preferences dialog, launch gnome-terminal from the run dialog, and cd > to the Desktop directory in your home directory. use the ln -s command > to create symbolic links to what ever else you would like to appear on > your desktop. Close gnome-terminal with alt-f4, and examine your > desktop with your arow keys. Provided you have checked the "use file > manager to manage desktop" button in the desktop tab of the applications > preferences app, all the icons for things you have selected in the > applications preferences app, plus all the symbolic links you have > created in your home/desktop directorywill appear on your desktop, just > like they did in gnome 2.30. > > You can control-alt-tab from the desktop to get at the top and bottom > pannels on the desktop. When you are on one of the pannels, you can use > the left and right arrows to move through options on the pannels. Use > the up and down arrows to move trough submenus under the options. > Control-f10 will let you select more applets to be added to the > pannels, just like in gnome 2.30. Under the user menu on the top > pannel, you will find a system preferences choice that you can use to > set system preferences. > > Hope this helps. > > Gene Collins > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
