[nfbcs] Eclipse installation and setup for Python

[Currin, Kevin]

I haven't tried eclipse with python. However, something I like to do for output is copy everything from the command line and paste it in a text file to read the output. 

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On Jul 28, 2013, at 3:36 PM, "david hertweck" <david.hertweck at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> A few things that may help.
> 1. You may want to try notepad++ for a quick editor that works well with python
> 2. Use the jaws curser to move around the command line python window.
> 3. When writing python output limit the lines of output to fit on one screen say 25 lines are so.
> 
> hope this helps
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Daniel
> Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2013 10:42 AM
> To: nfbcs at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nfbcs] Eclipse installation and setup for Python
> 
> Dear list members,
> 
> I've posted to this list a few weeks back.  In case you don't
> remember, I am Daniel Gillen, a rising college sophomore at
> Haverford College in Pennsylvania.  As I will be taking an intro
> computer science course this coming fall, I am in the process of
> testing out software which we will be using to see how well it
> works with JAWS.  That said, I have installed Eclipse, but have
> trouble setting it up for Python.  I downloaded the Eclipse Juno
> package called "Eclipse IDE for Java Developers".  From my
> understanding, Eclipse is used mostly by those working in Java
> rather than Python.  I have attached the instructions which I
> found for setting up Eclipse to use Python, but they seem
> outdated.  Please let me know if this is the case, or if there is
> any more up-to-date, accessible way of completing the  setup
> process.
> Also, I am still confused as to how to work with the
> Accessible_Output interface for Python.  When I ran a sample
> Python program and had Accessible_Output installed, Jaws could
> only read the prompts of a program that came before the closing
> one.  In other words, if the program was only designed to display
> a single message (such as a "hello world" program), JAWS would
> not read the output.  However, if it was one of those programs in
> which you type in parameters to calculate a desired value, JAWS
> would read all of the outputs that came before the final result
> (at which point the program's execution would finish).  The main
> point of this message is that I am spending much time during
> these last few weeks of summer vacation preparing to enter
> sophomore year with all the tools I would need to succeed.
> Again, please let me know of any suggestions regarding Eclipse
> and/or Python and accessibility with JAWS.
> 
> Thank you,
> Daniel
> 
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