Re: [orca-list] Vim, is it usable for us?

[Didier Spaier <didier slint fr>]

short answer: use vim or emacs on the console, in a graphical environment use geany.

Didier

Le 30/08/2020 à 22:41, Rastislav Kish via orca-list a écrit :
> Hi folks,
>
> during my Linux adventures, I couldn't have missed possibly one of the most legendary Linux tools, Vim.
>
> Vim's philosophy of writing and editing text with a language was completely new for me, so I have quite 
> enjoyed learning about it.
>
>
> However, after reading some introductory texts and few experiments, I have two questions:
>
> * how usable is Vim with Orca? I have noticed various rather strange behaviors like reading currently 
> missed word when navigating character by character or reading a line in somewhat shuffled order when I 
> approach it from the next line. H, J, K and L keys doesn't seem to work at all, I have to use arrow keys, I 
> don't know, whether this is function of Vim or Orca.
>
> * Is Vim potentially useful for blind people? I can imagine, that when a sighted person sees the whole 
> layout of a page, he / she has an imagination in his / her head what he / she wants to select, delete or 
> replace, and thus a way to express it wia a special language can be very handy. However, blind people don't 
> have this ability, we rather know our current position and drag the selection from it, until we find the 
> ending point, as our view is limited to max. one line at once.
>
> So, the question is, is the ability to define operations with a language still that advantageous under 
> these circumstances? On a graphical system, would you use Vim over a traditional editor like Pluma, or 
> something similar with plugins, and if yes why?
>
>
> Best regards
>
>
> Rastislav
>
>
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