Re: EdSharp 2.7 and FileDir 3.3 released
- From: james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:03:18 -0400
Hi,
I'm going to tell you something. I used to be on the blindness lists raving
about how wonderful NoteTab is. Because of EdSharp, I stopped using
NoteTab. I feel that if something is good, that I want to support it. I can
also say this. Just about every time I ask Jamal for a feature change, he
at least considers it, and very often implements it. I know of no other
software developer who has been so supportive of our needs and who only
asks that we contribute wherever we are able. I am thankful every day I
come to work or fire up my computer at home because this program has made a
lot of things I like to do a lot more fun. Besides all of that, it has a
license that allows me to make improvements to it if I want to. Right now,
all I can contribute are suggestions after using the program and trying to
put it through its paces. I'd like to get to the point where I can
contribute code at some point, but I don't know if that will ever happen. I
was glad for the opportunity to contribute some HTML tags and snippets.
There is so much in this world to be thankful for. I'm not saying that we
shouldn't point out things that are wrong. I'm just saying, I guess, that
first of all, that we should focus on the things that are good, and while
we are finding things that are wrong, that we should propose solutions
along with the bad things we point out.
Thanks for reading.
Jim
James D Homme, Usability Engineering, Highmark Inc.,
james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx, 412-544-1810
"it is only possible to live happily ever after on a day-to-day basis." --
Margaret Bonnano
Highmark internal only: For usability and accessibility:
http://highwire.highmark.com/sites/iwov/hwt093/
"Jamal Mazrui"
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programmingblind@
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Sure, it's a bit of advertizing <grin>, but it's also intended as a true
statement. I said the applications are "designed for maximum
productivity" by screen reader users,. Whether the applications succeed
in meeting that goal is certainly debatable, but that was my intent.
Cheers,
Jamal
On Fri, 27 Jun 2008, Octavian Rasnita wrote:
> Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:05:25 +0300
> From: Octavian Rasnita <orasnita@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: EdSharp 2.7 and FileDir 3.3 released
>
> "Maximum productivity" is just advertising, right? :-)
>
> Octavian
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jamal Mazrui" <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <program-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
> <guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <uaccess-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 4:59 PM
> Subject: EdSharp 2.7 and FileDir 3.3 released
>
>
> > Released on June 27, new versions of EdSharp, a full featured editor,
and
> > FileDir, a full featured File Manager, are available in time for the
> > summer conventions of the American Council of the Blind and National
> > Federation of the Blind. These software applications are designed for
> > maximum productivity by people operating a computer nonvisually with a
> > Windows screen reader.
> >
> > EdSharp 2.7
> > http://EmpowermentZone.com/edsetup.exe
> >
> > FileDir 3.3
> > http://EmpowermentZone.com/dirsetup.exe
> >
> > A summaray of changes is below.
> >
> > Jamal
> >
> >
> > EdSharp and FileDir increase support for Window-Eyes 7.0, which is now
> > available as a public beta at
> > http://GWMicro.com
> >
> > The installer option for JAWS scripts is now unchecked by default. To
> > check it, down arrow and press Spacebar. There is a new option to
install
> > a Window-Eyes script package, which is also unchecked by default. The
> > optional scripts and set files to fine tune Window-Eyes speech are in
an
> > early stage, so I invite feedback and suggestions to improve them.
> >
> > When EdSharp is already open, and you open a file with it from another
> > program, EdSharp should now reliably become the active application
window.
> > FileDir behaves similarly when you open a folder with it from another
> > program.
> >
> > Added Support for developing Window-Eyes scripts. VBScript, the most
> > common language used for this, is now included on the list of the Pick
> > Compiler command (Control+Shift+F5). The Compile command (Control+F5)
> > passes the .vbs file to the Windows Script Host interpreter,
CScript.exe.
> > The script can also be hosted internally by Window-Eyes.
> >
> > Two optional parameters have been added to the EdSharp command line.
> > After the file name is a line number and then a column number. These
> > indicate the position where EdSharp should go after opening the file.
> > This may be used to cause EdSharp to automatically go to the source
code
> > position of an error if a Window-Eyes script produces one at runtime.
> >
> > The ExtensionDefault and GoToEnvironment configuration options of
EdSharp
> > are now part of each compiler/interpreter setting, so if you pick a
> > compiler with Control+Shift+F5, these options are automatically
adjusted.
> > For the new settings to take effect, however, create a new default
> > configuration file with Alt+Shift+0.
> >
> > Fixed EdSharp not opening some Unicode text files. Fixed a couple bugs
in
> > the HTML format command (Control+H). Fixed a problem with the PyBrace
> > command (Alt+Shift+LeftBracket). Fixed not being able to open a log
file
> > that was continually being updated on disk.
> >
> >
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