From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 28 22:48:24 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D90C41065672 for ; Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:48:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from ethic.thought.org (plato.thought.org [209.180.213.209]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B9828FC1C for ; Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:48:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by ethic.thought.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nBSMmKxZ053894 for ; Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:48:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:48:20 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:48:20 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: FreeBSD Mailing List Message-ID: <20091228224818.GA77530@thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 23 years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=failed version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on ethic.thought.org Cc: Subject: more on click-feedback. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:48:24 -0000 The fellow who showed some interest in my need for some kybd feedback is a volunteer from Gallaudet U. Altho it is "unlikely" that I'll get a free "XO" to hack on, the chances are better if I have some kind of team. The obvious "conflict"--if it can be called that--is that the XO is Red Hat. Another thing is that I know virtually nothing about the Linux kernel. With FBSD, I'm looking at the dev/* files I have to work with. requests for Help on the Linux side are not necessary. Obviously, anything I come up with can very likely be ported to the Linux kernel if they want it. I'm making no claim whatsoever on whatever kind of clicky thing I can hack. There are other ways of doing this, but I want the clicks to be available with or without X11. xset.c relies on the Xlib stuff that I started hacking on in 1996; gave it up after six months. Bottom line is that my text-to-speech app should be usable from a cheap notebook without X to a clunky ThinkPad with/without X. -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 7.79a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php