[jawsscripts] JAWS Script Exchange 2.2 released

From: Jamal Mazrui <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
To: JAWSScripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:29:17 -0500 (EST)
http://EmpowermentZone.com/jsxsetup.exe

JAWS Script Exchange (JSX) is a free, open source application intended to 
assist and promote the sharing of script files among users of the JAWS 
screen reader (from freedomScientific.com).  JSX facilitates both the 
installation and packaging of script files.  If a set of script files are 
available in a zip archive, JSX will help you install them to the 
appropriate JAWS folder on your computer.  If you have script files you 
want to share with others, JSX will help you package them into either a 
zip archive or a self-installing executable.

Recent changes:

Miscellaneous fixes.  Added merge support for .jgf files.  During a merge, 
if a file with the same name as a container file already exists, it is now 
backed up with a numeric suffix, e.g., to Default_01.jss.  Made JSX 
compatible with 64-bit Windows.  Included latest version of Inno Setup. 
Added three optional script sets:  JFW Technical, JLS Utilities, and 
Script Template.

At the end of the installation process for the complete JSX application, 
six script sets are now offerred.  These options are unchecked by default. 
You can check one ore more of them to install their zip archives with JSX, 
i.e.,

BX, the Jaws toolbox, by Doug Lee

HomerKit, the Homer script library and editor interface, by Jamal Mazrui

JFW Technical, menu-driven inspector of Windows environment, by Michael 
Curran

JLS Utilities, advanced alternative to JAWS home row mode, by Jim 
Snowbarger

Script Template, a template for event-based scripting of JAWS, by Jamal 
Mazrui

Scripts for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 or 2008, by contributors from the 
blind programming community

These zip archives are stored in a zip subfolder of the JSX program 
folder, located by default at
C:\JSX\zip

Shortcuts for installing them are included in the JSX program group on the 
Start Menu, so they may be installed at a later point, not just during 
installation of JSX.

A shortcut and zip archive are also made available for reading full 
documentation of JAWS, itself, in "structured text format."  These are 
.txt files with organizational conventions that add navigational benefits 
of .chm files (the help format installed with JAWS).  EdSharp, a powerful, 
speech-friendly editor, recognizes structured text format, and has hotkeys 
for efficiently searching topics or navigating sections within it.  This 
free editor is available at
http://EmpowermentZone.com/edsetup.exe

In addition, shortcuts to open zip archives of four other development 
tools for JAWS scripting are now included.  They are by this author under 
the LGPL license:

AppStamp, utility for updating a package from a web server

HomerJax, registration-free COM server with web client and XML support

IniForm, utility for creating a dialog from an ini file

InPy, custom Python interpreter (including code snippets for 35 web client 
tasks)

Thus, the JSX distribution has become a powerful collection of developer 
tools for JAWS scripting.  Free, open source contributions by blind 
programmers provide valuable components and utilities.

Jamal

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