source: gnome/core/gail.xml@ 29590dda

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<sect1 id="gail" xreflabel="GAIL-&gail-version;">
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<title>GAIL-&gail-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application><acronym>GAIL</acronym></application></title>

<para>The <application><acronym>GAIL</acronym></application> package contains 
the <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application> Accessibility 
Implementation Libraries.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
url="&gail-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
url="&gail-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &gail-md5sum;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &gail-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
&gail-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
&gail-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application><acronym>GAIL</acronym></application> 
dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para><xref linkend="libgnomecanvas"/></para>
</sect4>

<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><xref linkend="gtk-doc"/></para>
</sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of 
<application><acronym>GAIL</acronym></application></title>

<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="../without-gnome.xml"/>

<para>Install <application><acronym>GAIL</acronym></application> by running 
the following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=`pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0` &amp;&amp;
make</command></userinput></screen>

<para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>

<para>Now, as the root user:</para>

<screen><userinput role='root'><command>make install</command></userinput></screen>

<para><application><acronym>GTK</acronym>+</application> will look for the 
<application><acronym>GAIL</acronym></application> modules in 
<filename class='directory'>/usr/lib</filename> even if 
<envar>$GNOME_PREFIX</envar> is <emphasis>NOT</emphasis> 
<filename class='directory'>/usr</filename>. If <envar>$GNOME_PREFIX</envar> 
is anything other than <filename class='directory'>/usr</filename>, create 
a symlink to <envar>$GNOME_PREFIX</envar> to satisfy this requirement:</para>

<screen><literal>ln -sf `pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0`/lib/gtk-2.0/modules \
    /usr/lib/gtk-2.0</literal></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application><acronym>GAIL</acronym></application> package contains 
the <filename class="libraryfile">libgailutil</filename> library and 
<application><acronym>GAIL</acronym></application> 
<application><acronym>GTK</acronym>+</application> modules.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>libgailutil library</title>
<para><filename class="libraryfile">libgailutil</filename> provides 
the functions that solve accessibility problems in a consistent manner across 
<application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application>.</para></sect3>

</sect2>

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