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Wikiuser: Added page about Tdeaccessibility, TDE and Slackware 14.0

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Welcome to Simone Giustetti's wiki pages.

Languages: '''English''' - [http://www.giustetti.net/wiki/index.php?title=TDE_tdeaccessibility Italiano]

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== TDEACCESSIBILITY ==
[[En/trinity_desktop_environment#Base_Packages]]

The '''TDE Accessibility''' software aims to provide means for all users, even those with physical handicaps, to use the '''Trinity Desktop Environment''' and the many applications it includes. Several helpful programs are included in the package:
* '''kmag''': A screen magnifier.
* '''kmousetool''': Helps with mouse clicking.
* '''kmouth''': A vocal synthesizer.
* '''KSayIt''': A front-end for the vocal synthesizer.
Tdeaccessibility '''replaces the old kdeaccessibility package for KDE3'''.

== Tdeaccessibility and Slackware ==

As previously mentioned tdeaccessibility replaces a KDE3 package providing the same functionality. '''A build script based on release 3.5.X of kdeadccessibility exists''' and can be used as a template. The build system has not been ported to '''[http://www.cmake.org cmake]''' yet and still relies on '''autotools'''. Particular care should be put in configuring the source code including, were needs be, some hints from the deprecated TDE build kit for Slackware. The build phase should not require for large updates to the script.

Accordingly to the project guidelines '''/opt/trinity''' was configured as root directory for the package. The source code extracted from the archive lacks some configuration files needed by the build procedure. The missing files were created recurring to command '''make'''. Last '''a patch was applied''' to '''solve a libtool inconsistency''' between the source code expected version, 2.2.6, and the installed one: 2.4.2. Some script lines of code and related comments follow.

Some configuration scripts required by the build procedure are missing from the source tarball. They are created using the make command:
# Prepare the package for building (Create the configure script).
echo "(II) admin makefile run here" >> ${OUTPUT}/${PRGNAM}_configure.log
make -f admin/Makefile.common \
2>&1 | tee -a ${OUTPUT}/${PRGNAM}_configure.log
A patch is needed to solve a '''libtool''' package version mismatch conflict:
# Patch the admin/ltmain.sh script in order to solve a version mismatch.
patch -p0 -i ${SRCDIR}/ltmain_version_update.patch
'''The script specifically sets Qt libraries paths''' in order for other scripts to find them at build time:
# Add temporary paths to handle new libraries during build
export QTDIR=/opt/trinity
export PATH=/opt/trinity/bin:/usr/bin:$PATH
export LIBDIR=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}:/opt/trinity/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=:/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/pkgconfig:/opt/trinity/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH
Finally the script runs the '''./configure''' command with the proper option list. Among them a special mention goes to '''--enable-closure''' and the '''--enable-kttsd-*''' options required by the speech synthesizer:
# Configure the package
LDFLAGS="${SLKLDFLAGS}" \
CFLAGS="${SLKCFLAGS}" \
CXXFLAGS="${SLKCFLAGS}" \
../${PRGNAM}-${VERSION}/configure \
--prefix=${PREFIX} \
--sysconfdir="/etc/trinity" \
--libdir=${LIBDIR} \
--mandir=${PREFIX}/man \
--with-qt-dir=${QTDIR} \
--with-qt-includes=${PREFIX}/include \
--with-qt-libraries=${PREFIX}/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
--disable-rpath \
'''--enable-kttsd-epos=no''' \
'''--enable-kttsd-festivalint=no''' \
'''--enable-kttsd-flite=no''' \
'''--enable-kttsd-freetts=no''' \
'''--enable-kttsd-hadifix=no''' \
'''--enable-closure''' \
2>&1 | tee -a ${OUTPUT}/${PRGNAM}_configure.log
Once the configuration successfully concludes, the script runs the make command then goes on with packaging the software.

A full script can be downloaded from the following [http://www.giustetti.net/resource/slackbuild/tde/35132/tdeaccessibility.tar.gz link]. The output package can be installed by mean of command '''installpkg''' as usual in Slackware Linux.

For any feedback, questions, errors and such, please e-mail me at ''studiosg [at] giustetti [dot] net''

External Links
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* [http://www.trinitydesktop.org/wiki/bin/view/Developers/HowToBuild TDE build guide]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDE_Accessibility_Project Kde Accessibility Wikipedia page]

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Languages: '''English''' - [http://www.giustetti.net/wiki/index.php?title=TDE_tdeaccessibility Italiano]

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-Welcome to Simone Giustetti's wiki pages.
+{{header_en|title=Building an Accessibility package for TDE| keyword={{Template:keyword_en_tde}}| description=Building, installing and configuring a working Accessibility package for TDE and Slackware Linux | link_page=TDE_tdeaccessibility}}
 == TDEACCESSIBILITY ==
-[[En/trinity_desktop_environment#Base_Packages]]
+[[En/trinity_desktop_environment#Base_Packages | TDE - Base Packages]]
 The '''TDE Accessibility''' software aims to provide means for all users, even those with physical handicaps, to use the '''Trinity Desktop Environment''' and the many applications it includes. Several helpful programs are included in the package:
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 * '''KSayIt''': A front-end for the vocal synthesizer.
 Tdeaccessibility '''replaces the old kdeaccessibility package for KDE3'''.
 == Tdeaccessibility and Slackware ==
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 As previously mentioned tdeaccessibility replaces a KDE3 package providing the same functionality. '''A build script based on release 3.5.X of kdeadccessibility exists''' and can be used as a template. The build system has not been ported to '''[http://www.cmake.org cmake]''' yet and still relies on '''autotools'''. Particular care should be put in configuring the source code including, were needs be, some hints from the deprecated TDE build kit for Slackware. The build phase should not require for large updates to the script.
-Accordingly to the project guidelines '''/opt/trinity''' was configured as root directory for the package. The source code extracted from the archive lacks some configuration files needed by the build procedure. The missing files were created recurring to command '''make'''. Last '''a patch was applied''' to '''solve a libtool inconsistency''' between the source code expected version, 2.2.6, and the installed one: 2.4.2. Some script lines of code and related comments follow.
+Accordingly to the project guidelines ''/opt/trinity'' was configured as root directory for the package. The source code extracted from the archive lacks some configuration files needed by the build procedure. The missing files were created recurring to command '''make'''. Last '''a patch was applied''' to '''solve a libtool inconsistency''' between the source code expected version, 2.2.6, and the installed one: 2.4.2. Some script lines of code and related comments follow.
 Some configuration scripts required by the build procedure are missing from the source tarball. They are created using the make command:
     # Prepare the package for building (Create the configure script).
     echo "(II) admin makefile run here" >> ${OUTPUT}/${PRGNAM}_configure.log
     make -f admin/Makefile.common \
 >&1 | tee -a ${OUTPUT}/${PRGNAM}_configure.log
 A patch is needed to solve a '''libtool''' package version mismatch conflict:
     # Patch the admin/ltmain.sh script in order to solve a version mismatch.
     patch -p0 -i ${SRCDIR}/ltmain_version_update.patch
 '''The script specifically sets Qt libraries paths''' in order for other scripts to find them at build time:
     # Add temporary paths to handle new libraries during build
     export QTDIR=/opt/trinity
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     export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}:/opt/trinity/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}
     export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=:/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/pkgconfig:/opt/trinity/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH
 Finally the script runs the '''./configure''' command with the proper option list. Among them a special mention goes to '''--enable-closure''' and the '''--enable-kttsd-*''' options required by the speech synthesizer:
     # Configure the package
     LDFLAGS="${SLKLDFLAGS}" \
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        --with-qt-libraries=${PREFIX}/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
        --disable-rpath \
-       '''--enable-kttsd-epos=no''' \
+       --enable-kttsd-epos=no \
-       '''--enable-kttsd-festivalint=no''' \
+       --enable-kttsd-festivalint=no \
-       '''--enable-kttsd-flite=no''' \
+       --enable-kttsd-flite=no \
-       '''--enable-kttsd-freetts=no''' \
+       --enable-kttsd-freetts=no \
-       '''--enable-kttsd-hadifix=no''' \
+       --enable-kttsd-hadifix=no \
-       '''--enable-closure''' \
+       --enable-closure \
 >&1 | tee -a ${OUTPUT}/${PRGNAM}_configure.log
 Once the configuration successfully concludes, the script runs the make command then goes on with packaging the software.
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 External Links
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 * [http://www.trinitydesktop.org/wiki/bin/view/Developers/HowToBuild TDE build guide]
 * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDE_Accessibility_Project Kde Accessibility Wikipedia page]
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-Languages: '''English''' - [http://www.giustetti.net/wiki/index.php?title=TDE_tdeaccessibility Italiano]
+{{footer_en | link_page=TDE_tdeaccessibility}}