Linux GUI FAQ/tutorial?

Willem van der Walt wvdwalt at csir.co.za
Mon Feb 8 11:28:00 UTC 2010 

All Linux distributions these days seem to include the editor called nano.
I happen to have fallen in love with an editor called joe which works like 
the old turbo pascal editor.
There are many many many text-editors for Linux and there are a lot of 
integration with other tools.
For GUI stuff, you should look at the orca wiki pages where a lot of 
tutorials are pointed to.
Just google for the address or if you really cannot find it, let me know.
Just remember that one can use both the linus console and the graphical 
interface through gnome with orca on the same machine.
Jumping between an running orca/gnome session and a running 
console/speakup session is done using one keystroke.
Vi or vim is a line editor and those that are used to that is 
mega-productive, but I were never one of those.

Regards, Willem



On Thu, 4 Feb 2010, Jude DaShiell wrote:

> You could do lots with emacs or xemacs for the G.U.I. environment.  It
> supports many development environments out of the box and more can be added.On
> Fri, 22 Jan 2010, Octavian R?snita wrote:
> 
> > To be sincere, I don't remember now, but I remember that I posted on
> > blindprogramming my experience with that editor when I tried it.
> >
> > I don't remember if it was the case of this editor or with the other editor
> > made by Jamal, but I didn't like that it contained too many hotkeys
> > pre-defined that conflicted with other hotkeys I have defined on my
> > computer, without beeing able to change those hotkeys in that editor.
> > And that time it also missed some features, but as I said, I don't remember
> > because it past a long time since.
> >
> > What I actually like is a text editor made in C/C++, very fast (so no DotNet
> > or Java) with many features and options and hotkeys that can be changed.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Octavian
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jude DaShiell" <jdashiel at shellworld.net>
> > To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> > Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 4:18 AM
> > Subject: Re: Linux GUI FAQ/tutorial?
> >
> >
> > >  What was your experience with edsharp under windows?  That editor was
> > >  written by a blind programmer for blind users of windows and has specific
> > >  support for lots of programming development.  Unfortunately, our Federal
> > >  Government never saw fit to have it installed on software developer's
> > >  computers inside of D.O.D. yet.On Thu, 21 Jan 2010, Roopakshi Pathania
> > >  wrote:
> > > 
> > > > >  From: Octavian R?snita <orasnita at gmail.com>:
> > > > >  However as I said, my biggest fear remains the text editor.
> > > > >  Under Windows there is no text editor without issues. The
> > > > >  best is TextPad, but it doesn't fully support UTF-8 which is
> > > > >  very bad.
> > > > >  I have tried tens of editors under Windows and all of them
> > > > >  have issues, but under Linux I think I don't have so many
> > > > >  editors to choose unfortunately.
> > > > 
> > > >  Actually, you do have a choice...
> > > > 
> > > >  This page lists 243 text editors for Linux.
> > > >  http://www.linuxlinks.com/Software/Editors/
> > > > 
> > > >  Since you are looking for something similar to a Windows based GUI
> > > >  editor, I recommend checking out the Gnome category.
> > > >  http://www.linuxlinks.com/Software/Editors/GNOME/
> > > > 
> > > >  Of course, you could also go through the non Emacs and non vi
> > > >  categories.
> > > >  Also, be careful of the inaccessible environments like KDE (I hope I'm
> > > >  right in this regard).
> > > >  Regards
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > >  "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist
> > > >  in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it.
> > > >  Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure."
> > > > ~  Helen Keller
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > >  --- On Thu, 1/21/10, Octavian R?snita <orasnita at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > >  From: Octavian R?snita <orasnita at gmail.com>
> > > > >  Subject: Re: Linux GUI FAQ/tutorial?
> > > > >  To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> > > > >  Date: Thursday, January 21, 2010, 12:23 PM
> > > > >  Hi Trev,
> > > > > 
> > > > >  From: <trev.saunders at gmail.com>
> > > > > >  Personally I prefer yasr to speakup, and like vim as
> > > > >  an editor.  vi m works well with yasr, and is useable
> > > > >  with speakup.
> > > > > 
> > > > >  Well, maybe my espectations are wrong because they are
> > > > >  based mostly on my Linux - cli experience in a SecureCRT
> > > > >  console from Windows, but I was lost each time vi started as
> > > > >  a default editor.
> > > > > 
> > > > >  To be more specific, I would like to be able to use an
> > > > >  editor that lets me to use the arrow keys to read the text
> > > > >  line by line and word by word and char by char with up and
> > > > >  down arrows, control+left and right arrows, or simply the
> > > > >  left and right arrows, allow me to select the text using the
> > > > >  shift key, selected text that can be read by the screen
> > > > >  reader when I want to, to be able to copy/paste the text
> > > > >  from a program into another with a simple combination of
> > > > >  key, execute the currently open program source code with a
> > > > >  specified interpreter that also offers me the possibility of
> > > > >  specifying some parameters, find/replace using regular
> > > > >  expressions with a simple combination of keys, and very few
> > > > >  other things.
> > > > > 
> > > > >  I ask if these are possible, because as I said, when vi was
> > > > >  opened in an SSH console and I tried to use the arrow keys,
> > > > >  I used to hear only some beep sounds, without beeing able to
> > > > >  read anything, and instead of giving combinations of keys
> > > > >  for exiting/saving like Control+S, Control+Q or something
> > > > >  like that, I needed to type simple text commands like ":",
> > > > >  which is very strange for a modern editor.
> > > > > 
> > > > > >  I think by far the best option is mutt.
> > > > > 
> > > > >  I guess mutt is accessible under Linux. I have tried a
> > > > >  Windows version that had big accessibility issues.
> > > > >  Is mutt able to create/display html mail messages?
> > > > >  Can it group the messages by conversation? Can we define
> > > > >  more folders and rules for moving the messages automaticly
> > > > >  in those folders based on some conditions?
> > > > >  I guess the answer is yes, but I want to know what I should
> > > > >  expect.
> > > > > 
> > > > > >  agreed, bash makes a pretty excellent file manager.
> > > > > 
> > > > >  Well, for some tasks yes. I would be very happy if Windows
> > > > >  command prompt would have the features of bash. But for some
> > > > >  tasks a file manager like Windows Explorer is much better,
> > > > >  but it is good if there is one for Linux also.
> > > > > 
> > > > >  However as I said, my biggest fear remains the text editor.
> > > > >  Under Windows there is no text editor without issues. The
> > > > >  best is TextPad, but it doesn't fully support UTF-8 which is
> > > > >  very bad.
> > > > >  I have tried tens of editors under Windows and all of them
> > > > >  have issues, but under Linux I think I don't have so many
> > > > >  editors to choose unfortunately.
> > > > > 
> > > > >  Octavian
> > > > > 
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