[nfbcs] Follow-up, Text Editors

Fri Jul 24 19:47:15 UTC 2009

Yeah, my problem with ultraEdit occured years ago.  They have probably fixed 
it by now. Certainly, there's been no shortage of updates since then. I 
still get a message every few days about there being some upgrade to some 
product from the company that sells UltraEdit.

Part of the reason I was trying to switch  away from TextPad is that nvda 
wouldn't read the text editor buffers in TextPad.  I tried again about 6 
months ago and it still doesn't work. This is probably the biggest reason I 
haven't switched to nvda.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Jacobson" <steve.jacobson at visi.com>
To: "NFBnet NFBCS Mailing List" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 12:32 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Follow-up, Text Editors

> 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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