[nfbcs] Follow-up, Text Editors

Fri Jul 24 17:32:20 UTC 2009

John,

I have not used that combination, so you could well have stumbled into a weakness I had not experienced.  They are pretty quick to put out releases to correct 
problems, though, so unless your experience was very recent it could have been corrected.  However, I recognize you have a solution that works for you and am 
not trying to talk you out of or into anything.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:19:02 -0500, John G. Heim wrote:

>I don't think the problem with ultraedit had anything to do with jaws.  The 
>problem was with either the sftp functionality or with php syntax 
>highlighting.   The only time it crashed was when I was editing a php file 
>via sftp. But then it crashed all the time.

>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Steve Jacobson" <steve.jacobson at visi.com>
>To: "NFBnet NFBCS Mailing List" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 4:37 PM
>Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Follow-up, Text Editors

>> John,
>>
>> Sorry to hear of your bad experience with UltraEdit, I've never had it 
>> crash in the five years or so I've used it with Window-Eyes.  I've used 
>> Textpad, though, and I
>> agree that it's a good editor.  I've heard of other JFW users having 
>> trouble with UltraEdit, and I had some trouble with TextPad and 
>> Window-Eyes in earlier versions.
>> That sort of thing is frustrating.  Thanks for the info on SFTPDRIVE.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Steve Jacobson
>>
>> On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:42:33 -0500, John G. Heim wrote:
>>
>>>I've been using TextPad for many years. I registered it probably 12 or 15
>>>years ago and even though I've updated TextPad many times, my license key
>>>just keeps working.
>>
>>>Positives for TextPad:
>>>1. Easy
>>>2. Save as unix, PC, or Mac file format
>>>3. Stable
>>
>>>Drawbacks:
>>>1. Config screens have accessibility problems
>>>2. No built in sftp
>>>3. Doesn't work with nvda
>>
>>>I tried to switch to another text editor a couple of years ago because
>>>TextPad doesn't have sftp. I actually registered ultraEdit but I had to
>>>abandon it because it kept crashing when I edited a php script remotely. I
>>>also tried edsharp but I didn't like the hotkeys. I think a Windows text
>>>editor should use the same keys as notepad. You shouldn't have to learn 
>>>how
>>>to use a text editor. You might have to learn to use some of the advanced
>>>features but you should be able to edit a file 10 seconds after you run 
>>>the
>>>text editor for the first time, IMO.
>>
>>>Then I discovered a product called sftpdrive. It allows you to map a 
>>>windows
>>>network drive to any computer running an ssh server. So when I need to 
>>>edit
>>>a config file on a linux machine, I map a share to it and open the file 
>>>with
>>>TextPad. Very efficient, very nice.
>>
>>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>>From: "Joseph C. Lininger" <jbahm at pcdesk.net>
>>>To: "NFBnet NFBCS Mailing List" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
>>>Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 5:08 PM
>>>Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Follow-up, Text Editors
>>
>>
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>>>> Joe,
>>>> Have you tried Text Pad? I don't know if it has precisely the html
>>>> features you're looking for, but it's got a quick start up time and has
>>>> tons of features designed specifically for people who program. I
>>>> frequently use it for simple html documents, plane text files, and
>>>> programming in various languages. It can even act as a simple IDE for
>>>> some programming languages. There are some things you'll want to set to
>>>> make it more accessible, but I can help with that. I could probably even
>>>> send you a .reg file that would do it for you. Anyway, if you want to
>>>> check it out, try:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.textpad.com
>>>>
>>>> The program is shareware, but has no time-out or other limitations other
>>>> than telling you once in a great while that it's not registered with a
>>>> message box.
>>>> Joe
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