In programs such as Word and WordPad, Jaws is getting the information level from the status information, while in NotePad, JAWS is getting the information from the number of spaces that are entered into the .txt file when the TAB key is used. In basic text editors such as NotePad, the general rule is that 5 blank space characters are added to the current line, each time the TAB key is used. Sincerely: Dave Durber ----- Original Message ----- From: "Soronel Haetir" <soronel.haetir@xxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 9:59 PM Subject: Re: Indent and text editors > My guess would be that this is due to how JAWS comes up with the > number. It doesn't (AIUI) actually extract the text, instead it looks > at the blank space and calculates how many spaces there are. I'm > guessing you use different font settings in the two editors. > > On 2/8/10, 1SmartDog@xxxxxxx <1smartdog@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > I'm in a quandry over indent and text editors. Specifically, I'm looking at > > just Notepad and Wordpad. For programming, I want indents announced. In both > > these editors I've turned indents to announce. In Wordpad, what is announced > > is "left margin" "one tab" "two tabs", etc, which I like. In Notepad, lines > > which begin at the left margin are announced "one space" and tabs are > > announced as "7 spaces". I don't like the Notepad results. Any idea why they > > are different? Can I change this? > > > > Thanks for any help, > > Karen > > > > > -- > Soronel Haetir > soronel.haetir@xxxxxxxxx > -- > JFW related links: > JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ > Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com > JFW List instructions: > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw > Alternative archives located at: http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.html > > If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw Alternative archives located at: http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.html If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx