Re: [orca-list] access in text consoles

[Georgina Joyce <gena mga demon co uk>]

Hi

Yes, I understood that but what I didn't understand is what "very well"
means for the original poster.  If he / she just read your notes on the
wiki we may have a better framed question.

http://live.gnome.org/Orca/GnomeTerminal#details

BTW: I've managed to edit viles with vim without extensive editing of
the rc but does managed mean very well?

Regards
On Fri, 2008-04-25 at 06:53 -0700, Steve Holmes wrote:
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> The reference in wiki addresses apps running under gnome.  What is
> being asked here is gnome terminal specific.  From my experience, the
> gnome terminal works pretty well with apps like mutt and other command
> line programs.  It could use some improvement when it comes to cursor
> tracking in text editors and the like.  I here vi is very difficult to
> use with a gnome terminal.  I have used emacs with reasonable luck.  I
> think curses type apps like alsamixer might be a total bust though.
> Then you'd be better off using a pure text console and use a console
> based screen reader like yasr or the speakup-patched kernel.
>
> I like to use the gnome terminal as much as possible because I can
> cut/paste back and forth between terminal and other gnome apps like
> firefox with ease.  Plus I can do a shift page-up to scroll back in
> the gnome terminal.  I can't figure out how to do that with speakup
> running in a text console.
>
> On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 01:16:12PM +0100, Georgina Joyce wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > Well what do you mean by "very well"?  What doesn't the accessible apps
> > of the orca page wiki tell you?
> >
> > Gena
> > On Fri, 2008-04-25 at 07:56 -0400, Brandon Misch wrote:
> > > Hey all. am thinking about getting ubuntu 8.04 and was wondering if  
> > > orca works in the gnome terminal verry well or would i have to use  
> > > something like speak up? thanks.
> > >
> > >
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