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

["Rob Hudson" <rob_hudson3182 opopanax net>]

The terminal windows are the same as the alt f1-f6 windows. They're also called TTYs.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Glenn K0LNY" <glennervin cableone net>
To: "Mewtamer" <mewtamer gmail com>, "Rastislav Kish" <rastislav kish gmail com>
Cc: orca-list gnome org
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2020 19:37:53 -0500
Subject: Re: [orca-list] Vim, is it usable for us?

> Hi,
> I've been using Linux since Ubuntu 8, mainly as a secondary operating system
> to Windows, so I really haven't learned it fully.
> But I've never used any of the TTYs, just opened terminal windows.
> My question is,
> What is the difference between opening terminal windows and the TTY windows?
> Thanks.
>
> Glenn
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mewtamer via orca-list" <orca-list gnome org>
> To: "Rastislav Kish" <rastislav kish gmail com>
> Cc: <orca-list gnome org>
> Sent: Monday, August 31, 2020 4:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [orca-list] Vim, is it usable for us?
>
>
> Okay, most linux systems have a number of consoles, usually named
> tty1-tty12.
>
> The GUI usually runs on tty1 and switching to tty2, tty3, etc. will
> usually give you a text-based login prompt followed by the Linux
> console.
>
> On most GUIs, ctrl+alt+a function key will switch to the tty whose
> number corresponds to the function key used(e.g. ctrl+alt+f2 will
> switch you to tty2) and when in a console not running a GUI, alt+a
> function key will do the same.
>
> Some systems will have higher ttys(e.g. tty13-tty24), but I'm not sure
> how these are accessed when present.
>
> The general idea for using both graphical and text screen readers in
> combination is that You'd have the GUI running in tty1 and would use
> Orca with GUI applications in tty1. Meanwhile, the text screen reader
> would be running on tty2-tty12 and you would switch to those consoles
> for using command line and other text-mode applications with the text
> screen reader.
>
> If sound is properly configured, than you should be able to seemlessly
> switch back and forth between graphical and text modes by switching
> between ttys with the appropriate screen reader reading what you need
> it to read on the active tty. And even without the switching between
> graphical nd text modes, switching ttys is a powerful tool for
> multi-tasking at the command line.
>
> For example, if I'm writing something, I might have Firefox and Orca
> running on tty1 incase I need to look something up online, my work
> document open in an editor in tty2, tty3 in the same working directory
> as tty2 to use wc to keep track of word count on my work document
> without having to close or suspend the editor, I might use tty4 to
> pull up local files from elsewhere on my machine, and I might have
> some time consuming, automated process running in the background on
> tty5.
>
> Orca can work with terminal emulators, but I generally find switching
> to a tty that isn't running a GUI and using a text screen reader is
> often more straight forward for most text-only applications.
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