D-Bus AT-SPI ------------ This version of at-spi is a major break from previous versions. It has been completely rewritten to use D-Bus rather than ORBIT / CORBA for its transport protocol. A page including instructions for testing, project status and TODO items is kept up to date at: http://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/AT-SPI_on_D-Bus The mailing list used for general questions is: accessibility-atspi@lists.linux-foundation.org For bug reports, feature requests, patches or enhancements please use bugzilla. The freedesktop project name is at-spi2. http://bugs.freedesktop.org A git repository with the latest development code is available at: git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/at-spi2/att-spi2-atk Code in this repository depends on at-spi2-core resources. The at-spi2-core repository can be found at: git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/at-spi2/att-spi2-core More information ---------------- The project was started with a D-Bus performance review the results of which are available on the GNOME wiki. Keep in mind that the D-Bus AT-SPI design documents on this page have not been kept up to date. http://live.gnome.org/GAP/AtSpiDbusInvestigation/ Other sources of relevant information about AT-SPI and Accessibility include: http://live.gnome.org/Accessibility http://www.sun.com/software/star/gnome/accessibility/architecture.xml http://accessibility.kde.org/developer/atk.php http://www.gnome.org/~billh/at-spi-idl/html/ Contents of this package ------------------------ This package includes a gtk-module that bridges ATK to the new D-Bus based AT-SPI as well as 'C' and Python client libraries. These libraries depend on the at-spi2-core code that contains the daemon for registering applications, D-Bus helper libraries and te AT-SPI D-Bus specifications. Directory structure ------------------- The directories within this package are arranged as follows: common Contains 'C' types derived from the D-Bus protocol specification. These types are used by the ATK adaptor and 'Cspi'. Structures are mainly related to events. droute Contains a framework for registering objects with a D-Bus connection and for routing messages to the implementing object. Used by the ATK adaptor. dbind Library to ease making D-Bus method calls, contains marshalling code to convert function arguments and a provided D-Bus signature into a D-Bus message. Used by cspi. atk-adaptor This directory contains code that bridges the at-spi to the GTK+ toolkit, and which is loaded at runtime by GTK+-based Gnome applications. The 'bridge' automatically registers GTK+-2.0 applications with the accessibility registry, and relays UI events from application to registry. It is also responsible for servicing requests from the registry to register handlers for specific event types. cspi The client (AT) side interface - 'C' bindings. pyatspi The python client library for accessing D-Bus accessibility.