Re: [orca-list] Another Suggestion for OpenOffice/Orca Improvement

[Steve Holmes <steve holmesgrown com>]

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Janina,

This issue of yous is one that bugged me ever since I started using
any GUI based editors.  This is not confined to OO but extends to all
Windows based text editors such as NoteTab, NotePad, Ultra Edit, and
even Gedit over here on GNOME.  In order to select a block of text,
you have to most likely hold down the shift key while arrowing around
with the keys; this prevents you from using an alternative command
such as search/find to find the end of the block of text you might
want.  In emacs, I can begin the block with ctrl-space and then use
ctrl-s to find the end of the block I want with specified text and
then use the repective command to cut/copy to clipboard.  The same
thing can be said for vim.  These GUI type editors need the ability to
start marking a block of text and then allow for varied ways to
navigate to the other end.  I think another contention I have with GUI
editors is the concept of line orientation is lost.  But then again,
word processors don't really work at a line level anyway; do thay.
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