package request: have qt-at-spi installed by default

Rex Dieter rdieter at math.unl.edu
Tue Mar 31 01:06:41 UTC 2015


Bastien Nocera wrote:

> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
>> kendell clark wrote:
>> 
>> > It is true that you have to be somewhat advanced to know to
>> > create a script in /etc/profile.d, but this is *necessary* for qt4
>> > accessibility to work. Without this, the plugin is installed but no
>> > program knows to use it.
>> 
>> I just spoke with some upstream Qt/KDE accessiblity devs, and they
>> continue to recommend that users of Qt4 applications to do some sort of
>> opt-in (ie,
>> set QT_ACCESSIBILITY=1 manually).  They said the support is just not good
>> or reliable enough to justify enabling it by default for everyone.
>> 
>> In short, I'd be in favor of including qt-at-spi in workstation's
>> installation set (but not set QT_ACCESSIBILITY=1 automatically).
> 
> What would this bring, besides shortening the setup instructions?

Nothing, it's just simpler, yes.
 
>> p.s. This only applies to Qt4 applications, of course, Qt5 ones should
>> work out of the box.
> 
> Which uses the same variable name as Qt4, which means we cannot enable it
> by default when we install qt-at-spi.

I was told Qt5 does not use or need the variable, stuff should 'just work'.

-- Rex



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