Unpopularity of Linux notetakers

[jude dashiell]

I can think of one instance in which braille would be very useful for
programming.  If you had to rewrite spaghetti code in order to maintain it
later.  Relatedness would be a larger help in that situation than in black
box structured programming.On Sat, 3 May 2003, Adam Myrow wrote:

> Date: Sat, 3 May 2003 16:01:30 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Adam Myrow <amyrow at midsouth.rr.com>
> Reply-To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> Subject: Re: Unpopularity of Linux notetakers
>
> On Sat, 3 May 2003, Igor Gueths wrote:
>
> > And in terms of programming, she tried to tell me that I needed a
> > braille display? And I kept telling her that I could read C just fine
> > with speech. I am sure that people like Kirk, Adam, and Chuck can agree
> > with me on this. Braille is not required to read code. However, setting
> > your punctuation level to all is required.
>
> Well, I used to say that a Braille display was a frivolous luxury until I
> actually got one.  The more you use one, the more you appreciate it for
> both programming and editing complex configuration files.  This is
> especially true when you want to change something in the middle of the
> line.  Say you have a line in your /etc/rc.d/rc.local file that says "echo
> 4 >/proc/speakup/toone."  To correct the typing error and remove that
> extra "o" in tone with speech requires you to type several keystrokes to
> get to it and delete it no matter how good you are at moving by words and
> characters.  With Braille routing on a Braille display, all I have to do
> is run my hand across the display until I am at that extra "o" and press
> the routing button above it and delete it with "x" in vi or control-D in
> pico or emacs.  So, while it is possible to program without a Braille
> display, and many do it, it is very nice to have once you start using one.
> I guess it's similar to having a dial-up connection to the Internet and
> then getting a good high-speed link.  Once you have it, it's very hard to
> do without it.  I almost never set my punctuation to a higher level since I
> use the Braille display to determine how the line is punctuated.
>
> One more note about Braille displays and then I'll shut up.  I can play an
> ASCII-based game of Checkers against the computer since it uses a
> lowercase b for the black pieces, a lowercase w for the white ones, and
> makes them uppercase when they become kings.  I'd hate to do that with
> speech!
>
>
>
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