From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp02.mrf.mail.rcn.net ([207.172.4.61]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.31 #1 (Debian)) id 15Ympv-0004rg-00 for ; Mon, 20 Aug 2001 07:03:15 -0400 Received: from 208-59-175-7.c3-0.slvr-ubr2.lnh-slvr.md.cable.rcn.com ([208.59.175.7] helo=computer.acb.org) by smtp02.mrf.mail.rcn.net with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #2) id 15Ympv-0003m4-00 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Mon, 20 Aug 2001 07:03:16 -0400 Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20010820070521.00a52510@pop.eausa.net> X-Sender: ccrawford@pop.eausa.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 07:05:53 -0400 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca From: Charles Crawford Subject: Re: No text editing??? In-Reply-To: References: <000c01c128be$fdcdba20$ca00a8c0@c2c6z1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed 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: Ok, here's a stupid question. Why can't editing be done with a dos editor? -- Charlie Crawford. At 01:50 AM 08/20/2001 -0500, you wrote: >On Sun, 19 Aug 2001, Saqib Shaikh wrote: > > i personally prefer emacspeak because speakup doesn't have full text > editing > > support yet, and text editing seems the key to doing most tasks under > linux. > >My roomate has been using linux at home exclusively for about two >years. She is using speakup and manages to edit text. In fact, text >editing is a very important part of her efforts to get through a >school. So, if there is no text editing how does she do it? (I am sure she >really is blind and know there is no monitor on her computer to cheat >with.) > >======= >Kirk Wood >Cpt.Kirk@1tree.net > >The mind is like a parachute; it works much better when open. >If you're too open minded, your brains will fall out. > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup