From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from chimta03.algx.net ([216.99.233.78]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 177MmD-0002Px-00 for ; Mon, 13 May 2002 16:50:37 -0400 Received: from ccrawford.acb.org ([216.51.9.68]) by chimmx03.algx.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 (built May 7 2001)) with ESMTP id <0GW200G1PHWGMD@chimmx03.algx.net> for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Mon, 13 May 2002 15:50:40 -0500 (CDT) Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 15:47:14 -0400 From: Charles Crawford Subject: Re: xwindows In-reply-to: X-Sender: ccrawford@198.144.194.210 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Message-id: <5.1.0.14.2.20020513154655.0362bec0@198.144.194.210> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 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: Did you ever use TD in DOS? That is what I am talking about. -- charlie Crawford. At 12:01 PM 5/13/02 -0400, you wrote: >Hi Charlie, >Well, I personally like those cryptic commands--each one does a single >task well. I hate tabbing through a long list of checkboxes and radio >buttons (oops, which radio button in the last 15 did I check?) As for >quickness Jim, there are a few tasks in that unmentionable series of >operating systems that are achievable very quickly--but I find most >tasks very cumbersome on those graphical OS's. Of course having worked >on UNIX systems for about 8 years might have somethingto do with my >attitude. > > Jim Wantz WB0TFK >On Mon, 13 May 2002, Janina Sajka wrote: > > > Charlie: > > > > Well, there's absolutely nothing stopping someone from writing > > such a menuing system! > > > > hint hint hint > > > > Getting people to use it instead of the command line? Well, > > that's another story. > > > > Here's what I think will happen. Some peopl will chose it because > > it seems to make life simple. Then they'll want to do something > > the menus don't support. Then the author gets mail saying "why > > doesn't your menu ..." Then were are you? > > > > Back at the command line? > > > > Hopefully. Because the alternative, a fully capable menuing > > system, is far worse. > > > > Just goes to say there's no substitute for learning. > > > > On Mon, 13 May 2002, Charles Crawford wrote: > > > > > Jim, > > > > > > There is access not far off. I would like to see a menuing > system > > > for Linix text mode that would reduce the criptic command line having to > > > remember all those commands and switches. > > > > > > -- charlie Crawford. > > > At 10:12 PM 05/12/2002 -0500, you wrote: > > > >Do you think we will ever have access to the gui? > > > > > > > >I find that I can access things faster in windows then in Linux text > > > >mode. I will admit that linux works much better then windows or the > winxp. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > > >Speakup mailing list > > > >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup