Re: HELP: Editor for Blind People

[Jacques Menu]

Hello Antonio,

BBEdit and TextWrangler have great power at handling workflows, maybe you could 
ask them what they can do for the problem you’re facing:

        http://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/comparison.html

JM

Am 20 sept. 2014 um 07:47 schrieb Antonio Gervasoni <address@hidden>:

>> What I would also encourage you to do is to send an email to Wilbert or 
>> add your suggestions to Frescobaldi's own tracker to maybe say why it 
>> isn't a good choice. 
> 
> Great idea! I will do that!
> I do use Frescobaldi and I agree, it's really nice! The problem with it is
> that the log cannot be read, i.e. you can't "focus" on the log as a separate
> window (or panel) and go line by line with a cursor. As a result, VoiceOver
> can't read the contents of the log. Clicking on the log (something
> impossible for him) makes VoiceOver say "you are currently on unknown".
> 
>> Is there any particular reason that your student cannot 'keep it simple' 
>> and use a text editor or lilypad that comes with a mac (which is very 
>> simple but does the job)?
> 
> Yes, I thought of that too. In fact, just the Lilypond app would be enough.
> No need for a separate text editor. However, I must say it IS cumbersome. I
> have tried this approach with him before. He has to go constantly from one
> window to another and then browse for the MIDI file every time he wants to
> play it. I was just hoping there would be some editor which could make
> things easier for him. Also, in order to check if there was any error he has
> to read the log completely after every compilation (sometimes files can be
> compiled even with errors). A feature to take him directly to the exact
> place where the error is located would be also very nice. Otherwise, he
> would have to look for it manually. (For some strange reason, Frescobaldi
> doesn't take you to the line where the error is located but to the following
> line instead... on a Mac, at least).
> 
> Antonio
> 
> 
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