git: c1e4632b46 - main - Status/2023Q3/portoptscli.adoc: Add report
Lorenzo Salvadore <[email protected]>
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The branch main has been updated by salvadore: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=c1e4632b46b9be3b0c1651a119cfa65cc3d63d66 commit c1e4632b46b9be3b0c1651a119cfa65cc3d63d66 Author: Alfonso S. Siciliano <[email protected]> AuthorDate: 2023-10-02 09:27:40 +0000 Commit: Lorenzo Salvadore <[email protected]> CommitDate: 2023-10-02 09:30:16 +0000 Status/2023Q3/portoptscli.adoc: Add report Reviewed by: carlavilla, status (Pau Amma <[email protected]>) Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D41507 --- .../status/report-2023-07-2023-09/portoptscli.adoc | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) diff --git a/website/content/en/status/report-2023-07-2023-09/portoptscli.adoc b/website/content/en/status/report-2023-07-2023-09/portoptscli.adoc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..27b2a96bc5 --- /dev/null +++ b/website/content/en/status/report-2023-07-2023-09/portoptscli.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +=== PortOptsCLI - Accessibility Ports Collection + +Link: + +link:https://gitlab.com/alfix/portoptscli[Project repository] URL: link:https://gitlab.com/alfix/portoptscli[] + +Contact: Alfonso Sabato Siciliano <[email protected]> + +Contact: FreeBSD Accessibility mailing list <[email protected]> + +FreeBSD provides the Ports Collection to give users and administrators a simple way to install applications. +It is possible to configure a port before the building and installation. +The command 'make config' uses package:ports-mgmt/dialog4ports[] and package:ports-mgmt/portconfig[] to set up a port interactively via a Text User Interface. + +Unfortunately screen readers perform poorly with TUI; it is a well-known accessibility problem. +FreeBSD provides tens of thousands of ports; port configuration is a key feature, but it is inaccessible to users with vision impairment. + +PortOptsCLI (Port Options CLI) is a new utility for setting the port options via a Command Line Interface. +Properly PortOptsCLI provides commands to navigate the configuration lists (checklists and/or radiolists) and set up their items interactively. +It is also suitable for a speech synthesizer; currently it is tested with package:accessibility/orca[]. +PortOptsCLI can be installed via the package:SECTION/portoptscli[] package or the package:ports-mgmt/portoptscli[] port. + +Tips and new ideas are welcome. +If possible, send reports to the FreeBSD Accessibility mailing list, to share and to track discussions in a public place.