Re: EdSharp 2.7 and FileDir 3.3 released
- From: "Jackie McBride" <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:23:24 -0700
Hay, Jamal, I'm just curious. Would there be any way in EdSharp to
implement the showing & preserving of page breaks in rtf files? It'd
be great to be able to use this little gem in validating books for
bookshare.
On 6/30/08, james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx <james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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"
> <empower@xxxxxxxx
> t> To
> Sent by: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> programmingblind- cc
> bounce@freelists.
> org Subject
> Re: EdSharp 2.7 and FileDir 3.3
> released
> 06/27/2008 12:58
> PM
>
>
> Please respond to
> programmingblind@
> freelists.org
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 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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