From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from tnt14b-53.focal-chi.corecomm.net ([216.214.204.53] helo=linserver.megsinet.net ident=root) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 15n5FG-00087Y-00 for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2001 17:32:30 -0400 Received: (from romualt@localhost) by linserver.megsinet.net (8.11.4/8.10.2) id f8SLYnf00383 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Fri, 28 Sep 2001 16:34:49 -0500 Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 16:34:13 -0500 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: trouble with CVS and a request for votes Message-ID: <20010928163413.B338@linserver.megsinet.net> References: <20010927211030.A770@linserver.megsinet.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from chuckh@mhonline.net on Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 06:35:09AM -0400 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi Chuck, If this is more of a problem with how a programmmer codes their particular editor as opposed to how speakup reads cursor movements, then I'll relent and say 1.0. Is there a particuar factor anyway that would make speakup speak cursor movements in one editing enviornment, and not another? Greg On Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 06:35:09AM -0400, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > Hi Greg > > On Thu, 27 Sep 2001, Gregory Nowak wrote: > > > Give me an example of a DOS screenreader > > like that in an editor. > > I can't help you on that one, but here is an interesting observation: > > I am a pine user, and so I am relatively comfortable with pico editor. > Pico tracks the cursor perfectly but it does not spontaneously read > anything when the cursor moves. On the other hand, the pico look-alike > 'nano' which also tracks the cursor perfectly, does spontaneously read > each character as you move the cursor left or right. > > The point is: Cursor tracking is not the problem. The problem is what gets > spoken as the cursor is tracked, and on that score there3 are wide > variations from one application to the next in a Linux environment. > > I do not think it is helpful to look for DOS parallels. > > Chuck > > > > Visit me at http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh > "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary > safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin, 1759. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup