Re: [orca-list] Accessible console text editors

[covici ccs covici com]

Your best bet is to use speakup in a virtual console for such programs.
Vi and nano and emacs are all very accessible. They all need some
learning, owever.


luciano de souza <luchyanus gmail com> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> Seeing a Youtube lesson, I heard something about vi. I tried: vi
> myfile.txt. I could easily read a pre-existent file. However, when I
> try to create a new one and edit it in the Vi environment, I wasn't
> successful. I did the same experience with nano and the result was
> similar.
>
> So my question is: are there accessible console text editors?
> Sometimes it's useful to edit some short peace of codes when
> programming.
>
> I heard also something about Emacs. It's a very powerful tool. I
> suppose it fulfills what I am looking for. However, Emacs seems to be
> so complex that it's very difficult even to start it. What I am
> searching for is simpler than it. I was not able even to configure
> Emacs, so I think the learning curve is very, very high.
> -- 
> Luciano de Souza
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