need some accessible command-line tools

[Jason White]

Mike Ray <mike at raspberryvi.org> wrote:
> 
> I'm going to throw in a vote for Emacs/Emacspeak here.  Steep
> learning curve...which some people disagree with but I think it's
> true.  But when you get a handle on the various modes available for
> editing in different formats it is possible to really be productive.

I agree that Emacs and Emacspeak make a wonderfully productive working
environment. As for learning, I don't think it's difficult as long as the new
user understands the need for it and works at it systematically. Start with
the built-in tutorial, then learn Info mode and start reading the Emacs
manual, or read it online in a browser. Actually reading it in Emacs and
trying the commands for practice would be better however.

I write all of my work in Emacs, and recommend AUCTeX mode for preparing
documents in LaTeX, which can then be converted to PDF and other formats.
> 
> One of the members of Raspberry VI is currently climbing the
> learning curve very quickly and is producing amazing results.
> 

Excellent.
> It's possible to launch Emacs/Emacspeak at the start of the day and
> get everything done without leaving it.  Except Javascript enabled
> web browsing perhaps :(

For speech output from a browser, there's always ChromeVox, which takes a
similar approach in the browser environment to that which Emacspeak does in
Emacs.