[audacity4blind] Re: Accessible editor for blind programmers from Autery

  • From: Gary Campbell <campg2003@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2016 20:00:24 -0600

Hi Autery,


I am using Emacs. It has a steep learning curve, but is very powerful. It is accessible, but I made a small JAWS script for it to turn off the JAWS functions for some of the keys it uses. I also made a JAWS frame to read its message line at the bottom of the screen. It comes from the UNIX world, and its interface predates Windows, and is different from the standard Windows interface. It has quite good documentation, and the documentation reader is quite nice once you learn it. It is written largely in Lisp and therefore is very customizable, once you learn its dialect of Lisp. I like it, but I've been using it for years, and you might not want to spend the time to get familiar with it. You can find it in the Free Software Directory on www.gnu.org. If you do decide to use it, I have some customizations you might find useful.


I used to use TextPad, which was also nice. It is a normal Windows program, so will be more familiar. Its documentation is also good. It, however, isn't free.


Gary



On 6/7/2016 8:47 AM, Autery Weekes wrote:


Hello everyone!!!

Could someone tell me which program editor is most accessible for a blind person who would like to become a programmer???

This is so I could build jaws scripts and assist in the production of audacity and other programs etc.

So far this is what I have:

1.

TextPal

2.

*Crimson Editor*

3.

*ConTEXT*
By Eden Kirin,

Thanks in advance!!!

Autery


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