[jawsscripts] Re: Updates to EdSharp
- From: Jamal Mazrui <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 15:16:52 -0500 (EST)
I meant to mention that if you discover any significant differences in
how EdSharp runs with different versions of .NET, please let me know.
Jamal
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Thu, 6 Jan 2011, Jamal Mazrui wrote:
> Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 15:08:38 -0500 (EST)
> From: Jamal Mazrui <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: ProgrammingBlind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, JAWSScripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Updates to EdSharp
>
> Based on recent bug reports and feature suggestions, I have made some updates
> to EdSharp and its JAWS scripts to fine tune speech. You can download it
> from
>
> http://EmpowermentZone.com/edsetup.exe
>
> or press F11 to Elevate from within the program. Remember to mark the
> checkbox at the end of the installation process if you want the JAWS scripts
> to be installed as well.
>
> Sina Bahram helped me to reproduce a problem of some window titles not being
> automatically read by JAWS. As Jim Homme discovered, and I confirmed, this
> problem is a general problem of JAWS with .NET applications. Based on
> suggestions by Tyler Littlefield and others, I have added event handling code
> to the JAWS scripts to minimize this problem, both within EdSharp and when
> Alt+Tabbing to it from another application.
>
> Tyler also gave me an idea of how the load time for EdSharp could be sped up
> for invocations of the program beyond the first one. For example, when
> opening files in Windows Explorer, the time to open files when EdSharp is
> already open should be less than before.
>
> Based on a suggestion by Ishe Chinyoka, EdSharp now remembers the last
> position in a file if it is on the list of Recent files (Alt+R lets you
> choose one). The default number of recent files is 30, though this may be
> changed in the Configuration dialog (Alt+Shift+C). EdSharp tracks different
> lists of recent and favorite files for each compiler (Control+Shift+F5 picks
> a compiler).
>
> If a previous location in a recent file is found, EdSharp goes to it when the
> file is opened and announces the percentage point in the file (the same
> percentage that is spoken after the line and column position with the Address
> command, Alt+A). If you add one or more bookmarks to a file, they will take
> precedence over the previous location feature (EdSharp automatically goes to
> the first bookmark when the file is opened).
>
> If any of you experience an EdSharp problem with no easy work-around, one
> thing to try is running EdSharp wwith a different version of the .NET
> Framework. You can do this by editing the EdSharp.exe.config file in the
> EdSharp program folder, by default located at
>
> C:\Program Files\EdSharp\EdSharp.exe.config
>
> Here is the content of that XML file:
>
> <configuration>
> <startup>
> <supportedRuntime version="v4.0.30319"/>
> <supportedRuntime version="v3.5"/>
> <supportedRuntime version="v3.0"/>
> <supportedRuntime version="v2.0.50727"/>
> </startup>
> </configuration>
>
> By default, EdSharp tries to use the latest, version 4 of .NET, which is not
> installed automatically. One way of installing it is via the GotNET utility,
> available at
>
> http://EmpowermentZone.com/netsetup.exe
>
> The .NET versions are tried in the order they appear in the file. So to try
> version 2 instead, move the following line above the .NET 4 line:
>
> <supportedRuntime version="v2.0.50727"/>
>
> As usual, feedback, suggestions, and code contributions are welcome.
>
> Cheers,
> Jamal
>
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