Unpopularity of Linux notetakers

[Igor Gueths]

Hi Adam. Point taken, and I can see how it could be usefull. However what
this person did was try to force me to get one, as if it was the end of
the world if I dnd't have one. I want it to be my choice whether or not I
get a braille display.

May you code in the power of the source,
may the kernel, libraries, and utilities be with you,
throughout all distributions until the end of the epoch.

On Sat, 3 May 2003, Adam Myrow wrote:

> 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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