bleeps and does anyone use goto

[Jude DaShiell]

Does goto work in archlinux?  If so, what is entered to position the 
cursor? On Mon, 12 Sep 2016, Shawn Kirkpatrick wrote:

> Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 20:08:11
> From: Shawn Kirkpatrick <shawn at shawnk.ca>
> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. <speakup at linux-speakup.org>
> Subject: Re: bleeps and does anyone use goto
> 
> 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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