From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailout6-1.nyroc.rr.com ([24.92.226.177] helo=mailout6-0.nyroc.rr.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16pCej-0006i8-00 for ; Sun, 24 Mar 2002 13:23:49 -0500 Received: from alb-66-66-234-169.nycap.rr.com (alb-66-66-234-169.nycap.rr.com [66.66.234.169]) by mailout6-0.nyroc.rr.com (8.11.6/Road Runner 1.12) with ESMTP id g2OINpo15979 for ; Sun, 24 Mar 2002 13:23:51 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 13:23:51 -0500 (EST) From: Dan Murphy To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Editors and speakup 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: Hi Chuck. Well I just installed it, and what pleases me most is that backspace works, more or less. One of the things I find most welcome when writing mail. I don't consider myself a *good* typist, but if I make a mistake, I don't want to be floundering around to ffind it, let alone fix it. thanks. On Sat, 23 Mar 2002, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > Hi Dan, > > The URL for nano is: > > http://www.nano-editor.org > > The cursor tracking is not as good as emacs, but if your editing > needs are modest, this is one you can live with pretty well. It > has search and replace, regular expressions, and the cursor > tracking works when moving left and right but not yet when moving > up and down. In pico it does not work in either direction, so I > guess that means nano is half way there. Interesting that there > is so much variation among the different editors as far as the > speakup cursor tracking behavior is concerned. > > Chuck > > > On Sat, 23 Mar 2002, Dan Murphy wrote: > > > Hi Charles. Where can I download Nano. I have heard of it, but never > > knew where to get it. > > Thanks. > > On Sat, 23 Mar 2002, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > > > > > I use 'nano' with pretty good success as far as cursor tracking > > > with speakup goes. If you know your physics, nano is like pico > > > only more so. It tracks the cursor better than pico and offers > > > other extra features too. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > Visit me at http://www.valstar.net/~hallenbeck > The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (68% of Full) > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > Dan Murphy mailto:mweeby@nycap.rr.com http://home.nycap.rr.com/mweeby Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around us in awareness. -- James Thurber