I hope that one day chirp will work with orca again. I know a lot of that also has to do with the WX toolkit being accessible and presenting the information in a way that orca can speak it. I have faith that one day it will be, and we can all be running current software. Have a good night everyone and 73.
Guy Ke8Jyp JAWS Certified, 2021, https://www.freedomscientific.com/Training/Certification > On Feb 10, 2023, at 11:12 PM, K0LNY_Glenn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Oops, I thought I was communicating with Rich email to email. > But, here is a cleaned up version of my post to this list, I was in a hurry > when I wrote it earlier, and here's my clearer version of my launching Chirp > problem. > > Hi All, > I have chirp installed on Ubuntu-Mate, 18.04. > I installed an older Chirp because it works with my screenreader. > The installed launcher does not work, but if I run chirpw in a terminal, it > runs. > Or I can type in the terminal: > /usr/bin/chirpw > and it runs fine too. > ./chirpw does not work in this case. > I have been trying to make a desktop launcher to do this, so I don't have to > launch it in a terminal. > I tried to make a desktop launcher, but it does not work, no errors, and no > launching of chirp. > Any ideas why I can launch it in a terminal, but not in a desktop launcher? > Thanks. > > Glenn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "K0LNY_Glenn" <[email protected]> > To: "Discussion of CHIRP" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, February 10, 2023 10:01 PM > Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Ubuntu Launcher > > > Linux is different from windows in some ways, but once you get an > application launched, it is just like Windows. > It has a desktop like windows, you will see tomorrow. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rich Widga" <[email protected]> > To: "Discussion of CHIRP" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, February 10, 2023 9:57 PM > Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Ubuntu Launcher > > > hi Glenn… I am embarrassed to say, this is all over my head. Hopefully > someday it will all make sense. > Rich. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Feb 10, 2023, at 7:31 PM, K0LNY_Glenn <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> I have chirp in Ubuntu-Mate, 18.04. >> I installed an older Chirp because it works with my screenreader. >> But the installed launcher, but if I run chirpw in a terminal, it runs. >> Or I can type in the terminal: >> /usr/bin/chirpw >> and it runs fine. >> I have been trying to make a desktop launcher to do this, so I don't have >> to >> launch it in a terminal. >> But the desktop launcher attempts I try do nothing, no errors, and no >> launching of chirp. >> Any ideas why I can launch it in a terminal, but not in a desktop >> launcher? >> Thanks. >> >> Glenn >> >> _______________________________________________ >> chirp_users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users >> This message was sent to Rich Widga at [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, send an email to >> [email protected] >> To report this email as off-topic, please email >> [email protected] >> Searchable archive: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing list > [email protected] > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > This message was sent to K0LNY at [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to > [email protected] > To report this email as off-topic, please email > [email protected] > Searchable archive: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing list > [email protected] > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > This message was sent to K0LNY at [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to > [email protected] > To report this email as off-topic, please email > [email protected] > Searchable archive: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing list > [email protected] > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > This message was sent to Guy Schlosser at [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to > [email protected] > To report this email as off-topic, please email > [email protected] > Searchable archive: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list [email protected] http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users This message was sent to [email protected] at [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] To report this email as off-topic, please email [email protected] Searchable archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
