interesting experiment.

[Janina Sajka]

I have no idea what you're talking about. This isn't a JFW list.

Was there a question here? Or what is this all about?

On Mon, 20 May 2002, Octavian Rasnita wrote:

> Please enlighten me.
> I never used the Jaws cursor in the new HTML help  format under Windows.
> Select an item in the tree view, press enter, then press F6 and it will
> automaticly start reading that help item. It is a simple HTML file there,
> and it works exactly as simple as Internet Explorer.
> You don't need the Jaws cursor at all.
> 
> You needed the Jaws cursor only for some bad designed help files in the old
> .hlp format.
> Now in the new .chm format, you don't have any problems.
> 
> But this doesn't matter too much. Please tell me how to navigate the man
> pages.
> I type man mv, for example.
> It starts to print all the help file, but maybe I want to move with a page
> up then down, etc.
> 
> I know this is possible. Thanks.
> Teddy,
> orasnita at home.ro
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Shaun Oliver" <shaun_oliver at optusnet.com.au>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 8:05 AM
> Subject: Re: interesting experiment.
> 
> 
> SNIP
> > > You open a window, and it explains you what you should do there.
> > > You have to press the space bar to check some checkboxes, to press some
> > > buttons, etc, and if you don't know something, press shift+f10 (or the
> right
> > > mouse button and choose "what's this?" or press F1 to view the help file
> > > wich is much much more easier to navigate than the man pages under
> Linux.
> SNIP
> 
> A fake.
> man pages under GNU/Linux are a lot easier to navigate than windows help
> pages.
> you need to route the jaws cursor to the pc and then fart around trying to
> find what you were looking for.
> even with the new features in jfw I seriously doubt you could navigate a
> help file easier than a man page..
> 
> 
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				Janina Sajka, Director
				Technology Research and Development
				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

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