OK, today I went ahead, dragged out my old eMac, grabbed the gnome sources, and set about installing. Basically, grab the osx-to-linux kexts (google for the link), the compile gnome, compile at-spi, and install orca. TO log into gnome, type gdm in a terminal, then in the window that apears type your username and pass.
ash Website: http://www.ashleycox.co.uk Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ashleycox2 Blog160: http://www.blog160.com On 14/03/2011 15:55, Travis Siegel wrote:
First off, let me fix some misconceptions of osx here.Contrary to popular belief, osx is *not* built on linux, it's built on FreeBSD, which also is *not* built on linux.As for porting orca to osx, I'm not sure if this can/has been done, because orca spends at least part of it's time talking to the linux kernel, which would have to be translated to native osx/freebsd kernel calls. I know a large part of orca talks to the x server, and not to linux directly, and it may be possible to make a port that would work on osx, but as far as I know, this has not been attempted. Of course, I'm not the be all and end all expert on osx or linux ports, so it's perfectly possible someone is already working on this, or it has already been done. On the whole though, I've not seen/heard anything of the sort, so not placing high hopes on this one. That being said, that's not to say it couldn't be done if someone wanted to tackle the job, but it certainly wouldn't be a straightforward port, since so many things would need to be changed to get it working on osx. However, if this port ever does take place (and gnome would be a good port too) I'd certainly be interested in trying it out, or even lending a hand withthe the port itself.Click on the link below to go to our homepage. http://www.icanworkthisthing.com Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceoverUsers can subscribe to this list by sending email to macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Webinterface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceoverClick on the link below to go to our homepage. http://www.icanworkthisthing.com Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceoverUsers can subscribe to this list by sending email to macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover
