[Blindmath] LaTeX editor

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Hi -- just as an aside, there was documentation around for vi from the 
beginning I think -- I remember learning vi in college and there was a 
detailed man page that listed concisely all the commands and gave examples 
of creating macros. (Yes, there is a mapping facility in vi that is 
reminiscent of macros. I tried it by typing different behaviors to an unused 
keystroke (can't remember which now). But I found I seldom needed it.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jason White" <jason at jasonjgw.net>
To: <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 5:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] LaTeX editor


Helen Popper <helen.popper at gmail.com> wrote:
> What would you recommend for a blind-friendly LaTeX editor?

Emacs with the Auctex package installed, preferably running under Linux with
Emacspeak providing speech output, or your favourite braille display.

Alternatively, Vim with vim-latexsuite installed if you prefer the Vi 
editor.

I personally like Emacs, but on the other hand I am also drawn to the way in
which Vim uses the keyboard, so I tend to straddle the Vi/Emacs divide
somewhat.

My first experience with Vi wasn't positive: no documentation and no one to
help. Unlike Vim, the original Vi editor had no online manual or tutorial.
Emacs, on the other hand, had both a tutorial and a manual and it helpfully
told you how to read those when it started up - so not surprisingly the path
into Emacs was relatively easy.

Later on, I learned Vim to find out what those enthusiastic Vi supporters 
were
so passionate about, and grew to appreciate its features and especially the
layout of commands on the keyboard, which makes editing really easy and
efficient.


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