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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Joe,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Visual Studio Code is likely to be the most accessible and configurable editor.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/">https://code.visualstudio.com/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It supports inserting snippets:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/userdefinedsnippets">https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/userdefinedsnippets</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For writing in Markdown, you might want to check out the Foam extension, which both provides some niceties for notetaking and suggests several other good Markdown-related extensions:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://github.com/foambubble/foam/">https://github.com/foambubble/foam/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>From:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'> NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Joe Orozco via NFBCS<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, November 30, 2024 10:59 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List' <nfbcs@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Joe Orozco <jsorozco@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [NFBCS] EdSharp and Alternative Text Editors<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’ve had this annoying bug with EdSharp where I can’t fix it so that JAWS ignores blank lines between paragraphs. Jahmal is no longer developing the application, and I haven’t moved off of it to something else. The functionality is too good when it works, but between the minor irritation of the blank line issue and the more frequent issue of JAWS hanging unless I enter the menu bar and exit the menu bar to return JAWS focus to the body of the document, I fear I may need to find an alternative sooner than later.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>First, are there any settings I should double check with JAWS before making a switch to get around this blank line problem?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Second, can anyone recommend a good alternative? I’ve tried Jarte, but that’s more of a word processing alternative. I want a good plain text editor that will allow me, for example, to assign quick shortcuts for text snippets I am likely to use often for things like writing code.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you kindly in advance!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Joe<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none'>--<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none'>Joe Orozco: Your Message, My Mission<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none'><a href="https://joeorozco.com/services/">https://joeorozco.com/services/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>