D-Bus AT-SPI ------------ This version of at-spi is a major break from version 1.x. 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 the AT-SPI project on bugzilla.gnome.org. Use the at-spi2-atk component for bugs specific to this module. http://bugzilla.gnome.org A git repository with the latest development code is available at: git://git.gnome.org/at-spi2-atk Code in this repository depends on at-spi2-core resources. The at-spi2-core repository can be found at: git://git.gnome.org/at-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 libatk-bridge, a library that bridges ATK to the new D-Bus based AT-SPI, as well as a corresponding module for gtk+ 2.x. Gtk+ 3.x now links against libatk-bridge directly rather than requiring it to be loaded as a module. These libraries depend on the at-spi2-core code that contains the daemon for registering applications, D-Bus helper libraries and the AT-SPI D-Bus specifications. Directory structure ------------------- The directories within this package are arranged as follows: 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. 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.