From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from rwcrmhc52.attbi.com ([216.148.227.88]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 16sxt8-0003Gw-00 for ; Wed, 03 Apr 2002 22:26:14 -0500 Received: from h005004cf6187.ne.client2.attbi.com ([65.96.159.27]) by rwcrmhc52.attbi.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with ESMTP id <20020404032547.KVIT22231.rwcrmhc52.attbi.com@h005004cf6187.ne.client2.attbi.com> for ; Thu, 4 Apr 2002 03:25:47 +0000 Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 22:26:40 -0500 (EST) From: Dave Hunt X-X-Sender: To: Subject: Re: multi tasking In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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: I guess such a cutter/paster would like emacs? Whatever app's the person's running, if there are emacs modes for them, the user has a "clipboard" common to all. -Dave On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, Toby Fisher wrote: > On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > > > Without speakup, a sighted person would probably use the mouse to > > cut and paste. "gpm" is a general purpose mouse program for text > > consoles designed to do just that. > > Yes, but what about if they don't have a mouse? AFter all, it has been > proven that for such jobs in Windows, the keyboard can be faster, and > indeed there are typing pools etc that don't allow the use of mice.