[nfbcs] 2 questions: most accessible text editor/compiler and formatting C++ code

[Rasmussen, Lloyd]

You might want to look into Ed Sharp, an editor written by Jamal Mazrui, which has many functions.  I think you can find it at 
  www.empowermentzone.com/edsetup.exe
.  If I didn't give the correct address, go to 
  www.nonvisualdevelopment.org
and look around.  

Many blind programmers, especially if they are using braille displays, use two spaces as the standard indent amount.  JAWS and Ed Sharp can announce indent levels, and there is also a musical sound scheme for use with JAWS for indicating indent level.

I have recently been looking at some log files with the UltraEdit text editor.  I set Window-Eyes so that, when pressing down-arrow, speech only reads from the cursor to the right.  By setting the cursor to the correct column, I can hear event names, then look at the left side of the braille display to see at what time they occurred, if I am curious.  There are many ways to increase efficiency, but I don't think two braille displays would be one of them.

Lloyd Rasmussen, Senior Project Engineer
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Library of Congress   202-707-0535
http://www.loc.gov/nls
The preceding opinions are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Library of Congress, NLS.



-----Original Message-----
From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tara Annis
Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2013 12:00 PM
To: nfbcs at nfbnet.org
Subject: [nfbcs] 2 questions: most accessible text editor/compiler and formatting C++ code

Hi everyone,

Have you all found a text editor and/or compiler  that works well with JAWS. I'm currently using VIM that works okay, but  I thought there might be something more Windows based  like Microsoft  Visual (think that's the name).  I've  been using notepad and then cut/pasting the code into the compiler.  
I don't like having to use the HJKL keys to move up/down in VIM since it seems to mess up  JAWS. I'm currently writing C++ code, but  will be moving on to C, JAVA,  and PERL.
  
A second question: when writing C++ code, how do you all format it, specifically the blocks of code nested in other blocks?  For example,  when you are writing a series of if else statements.    How many spaces do  you indent this portion of the code?  Also, do you indent the opening and closing braces or just the code between them?  I can explain in  more depth if needed.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Tara


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