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

[I. C. Bray]

Now there is the voice of experience for ya!
I hadn't even considered that JAWS     would employ an audible sound scheme 
for columnar input /output!

This is fun!!

Ian



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rasmussen, Lloyd" <lras at loc.gov>
To: "NFB in Computer Science Mailing List" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, September 06, 2013 2:47 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] 2 questions: most accessible text editor/compilerand 
formatting C++ code


: 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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