bleeps and does anyone use goto

Tom Fowle wa6ivgtf at fastmail.fm
Mon Sep 12 23:06:25 EDT 2016


I've never found documentation on "goto"
See no need for on screen find.

However I would like "cursor routing" which wouldmove the system or
application cursor to the last character spoken.
It's probably harder than it would seem.
tom Fowle

On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 10:50:44PM -0400, Al Sten-Clanton wrote:
> 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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