[Blindmath] LaTeX editor

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I had the opposite problem -- I learned vi before using a WYSIWYG  editor, 
and I had a lot of trouble with command mode being merged with insert mode. 
Now I think both are equally tolerable...*smile*  What I sometimes need is a 
DWIM editor that will anticipate and correct my common mistakes...but then 
it would have to look into my brain and I don't think it belongs there.*just 
kidding* -- One error though that I wish would autocorrect is typing "the" 
as "hte" or "teh", which I almost never want -- and if my editor did fix 
that one, I would take care not to use any of those permutations as variable 
names...
Happy editing.
--le





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Whapples" <mwhapples at aim.com>
To: "Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics" 
<blindmath at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 6:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] LaTeX editor


I tried using vim and I had some documents to help me learn it (not the
vim documentation) but I never really got on with it. I do see what
people might like about the use of the keyboard (none of all that
stretching and trying to get the correct 3+ key combination). I guess
the bit that kept catching me out was the different modes, let your mind
wonder for a second and then find out what mode you are in (the Braille
display being positioned at the cursor gives nothing away, it looks the
same in any mode). Its probably just a habit you should get into if
using vim, press escape before doing anything if you are unsure what
mode you are in (escape puts you back to the command mode), a habit I
never picked up.

Michael Whapples
On 09/11/09 23:16, Jason White wrote:
> Helen Popper<helen.popper at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> What would you recommend for a blind-friendly LaTeX editor?
>>
> Emacs with the Auctex package installed, preferably running under Linux 
> with
> Emacspeak providing speech output, or your favourite braille display.
>
> Alternatively, Vim with vim-latexsuite installed if you prefer the Vi 
> editor.
>
> I personally like Emacs, but on the other hand I am also drawn to the way 
> in
> which Vim uses the keyboard, so I tend to straddle the Vi/Emacs divide
> somewhat.
>
> My first experience with Vi wasn't positive: no documentation and no one 
> to
> help. Unlike Vim, the original Vi editor had no online manual or tutorial.
> Emacs, on the other hand, had both a tutorial and a manual and it 
> helpfully
> told you how to read those when it started up - so not surprisingly the 
> path
> into Emacs was relatively easy.
>
> Later on, I learned Vim to find out what those enthusiastic Vi supporters 
> were
> so passionate about, and grew to appreciate its features and especially 
> the
> layout of commands on the keyboard, which makes editing really easy and
> efficient.
>
>
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