bleeps and does anyone use goto

[Al Sten-Clanton]

I'm inclined to agree, though I don't remember when I last used the 
feature.

Al

On 09/12/2016 08:08 PM, Shawn Kirkpatrick wrote:
> On-screen find is a feature I actually use quite a bit. It's nice having
> the ability to enter the search text and then have a way to search
> forward or reverse.
> It's true that a lot of packages have a way to find text within the
> current document but it can be be very helpful to use this to get to the
> wanted section of a document and then use the on-screen find to locate
> something specific in that section without moving around in it.
> It's just one more way to move quickly around the current screen and get
> to information you really want.
>
> On Mon, 12 Sep 2016, Gregory Nowak wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 11:00:11PM -0700, Shawn Kirkpatrick wrote:
>>> Does speakup really not have an on-screen find? That would be long
>>> overdue I'd say.
>>
>> Speakup doesn't have an on-screen find because it isn't necessary in
>> my not so humble opinion. Such a feature already exists in lynx,
>> elinks, vi, emacs, less, and there are almost certainly more from that
>> list that I can't think of off the top of my head. Why duplicate a
>> feature in speakup which already exists in various packages? Also, the
>> find feature in those packages will do a find in the current
>> page/document, whereas a speakup find feature would be limited only
>> to the current screen contents. Just my $0.01. Oh yes, I don't use
>> go-to either.
>>
>> Greg
>>
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