[Blindmath] Fwd: Version 0.0.9 of SVGDraw01 is now available for download - correction of typing error

[Steve Jacobson]

richard,

On another list, someone reported that the Windows Access Bridge was required for this program, however, I thought I read that SWT was used and would 
negate the need for the Windows Access Bridge.  I have downloaded the program and have run it without the Windows Access Bridge and at least on the 
surface it seems to work fine.  Would you clarify so I can be sure other lists have accurate information?

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:59:22 -0500, Richard Baldwin wrote:

>One of the bad things about cut, copy, and paste is the way that it helps us
>to propagate typing errors.

>The original version of this message should have begun as follows:

>"Version 0.0.9  of my drawing program for blind students is now posted at:
>http://www.austincc.edu/baldwin/SWT-SVG/SVGDraw01.zip and is available for
>immediate download."

>Note the 9 in place of the 8 in the version number.

>Dick Baldwin

>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>From: Richard Baldwin <baldwin at dickbaldwin.com>
>Date: Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 4:37 PM
>Subject: Version 0.0.9 of SVGDraw01 is now available for download
>To: BlindMath Mailing List <blindmath at nfbnet.org>,
>accessibleimage at freelists.org


>Version 0.0.8  of my drawing program for blind students is now posted at:
>http://www.austincc.edu/baldwin/SWT-SVG/SVGDraw01.zip and is available for
>immediate download.

>If you have used earlier versions of this program and have found yourself
>wishing for a conventional menu system, take heart. Version 0.0.9 provides
>those menus.

>Previous versions used a long list of actions that had to be scrolled in
>order to perform an action, such as drawing a rectangle or rotating a shape
>object. That list of actions has now been replaced by a menu system that
>uses a full suite of accelerator and mnemonic keys.

>For example, pressing Alt+D will open the Draw menu that provides access to
>all of the drawing capabilities of the program. For even more convenience,
>pressing Ctrl+R will bypass the Draw menu and land you on a page where you
>can draw a new rectangle. Pressing Alt+M will open the Mod menu that
>provides actions that you can perform to review or modify existing shape
>objects. Pressing Alt+R will bypass the Mod menu and land you on a page
>where you can rotate any existing shape object.

>Other enhancements

>In addition to the new menu system, this version includes a number of
>enhancements including:

>    * Ability to select and view the attributes of any existing shape object
>without modifying the object.
>    * Ability to maintain original stroke width when scaling shape objects.
>    * A checkbox for selecting all existing shape objects for rotation,
>translation, scaling, and deletion.
>    * Creation of a "Home Base" concept. Each time you complete an action,
>you now return to the Home Base from which you can initiate other actions.
>    * Many other improvements in convenience and accessibility that are too
>numerous to list here.

>You must have the 32-bit Windows version of the Java JRE installed on your
>computer to run this program. I am told that the 32-bit and the 64-bit
>versions of Java can be installed and will peacefully coexist on Windows
>Vista and Windows 7 in case you also need the 64-bit version for other
>programs.

>The procedure for getting started using the program is as follows:

>First download the zip file from the web address given above.

>Extract the following four files from the zip file into the same empty
>folder.
>_ReadMeFirst.txt
>Instructions.htm
>SVGDraw01.jar
>_version.txt

>The file named SVGDraw01.jar is an executable jar file. You can run it the
>same way that you run other programs.

>If all else fails, open a command window in the folder containing the jar
>file and enter the following command at the prompt:

>java -jar SVGdraw01.jar

>When the program starts, you will land on Home Base from which you can
>select any of the actions provided by the menus. Instructions for opening
>the Instructions HTML document are printed on Home Base.

>Alternatively, you can simply open the file named Instructions.htm in your
>browser and read the instructions without running the program.

>As usual, feedback will be appreciated.

>Dick Baldwin

>-- 
>Richard G. Baldwin (Dick Baldwin)
>Home of Baldwin's on-line Java Tutorials
>http://www.DickBaldwin.com

>Professor of Computer Information Technology
>Austin Community College
>(512) 223-4758
>mailto:Baldwin at DickBaldwin.com
>http://www.austincc.edu/baldwin/



>-- 
>Richard G. Baldwin (Dick Baldwin)
>Home of Baldwin's on-line Java Tutorials
>http://www.DickBaldwin.com

>Professor of Computer Information Technology
>Austin Community College
>(512) 223-4758
>mailto:Baldwin at DickBaldwin.com
>http://www.austincc.edu/baldwin/