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From: rich@eddie.MIT.EDU (Richard Caloggero)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Dumb Terminals & emacs -- ain't as *dumb* as it sounds
Keywords: Dumb, Blind, Emacs, Braille, Speach
Message-ID: <12291@eddie.MIT.EDU>
Date: 27 Jul 89 17:24:07 GMT
Organization: MIT EE/CS Computer Facility, Cambridge, MA
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[I've already sent this to gnu.emacs, but got no response.  Maybe
it'll do better here! :-)]

     Emacs is an extremely powerful, flexable, and more-or-less
     standard user interface. I've witnessed its remarkable evolution
from an experimental editor  running on a DEC-20, to the present-day
GNUEMACS.  As a blind hacker, I feel its time to demand my rights
as a member of this community:  [* :-) I want the power of EMACS at
my fingertips as soon as possible!! :-) *].

     I remember that the DEC-20 Emacs came with a "dumb" terminal
     driver.  From the little experience I had with it, I recall it
to be fairly useful, although clumsy in some ways.  It did give me
access to all the funcsionality of the underlying EMACS, however.
My question/proposal to the net is that this driver be defined for
GNUEMACS.  In fact, I'll build it and test it, but I'll need help
from an Emacs wizard to get started.  Any takers?  Any
comments/questions?  Does anyone care at all!!? :-)

     Please respond to me directly since I don't monitor this group.
My address is "rich@eddie.mit.edu".  Thanx in advance to all who
respond.
-- 
						-- Rich (rich@eddie.mit.edu).
	The circle is open, but unbroken.
	Merry meet, merry part,
	and merry meet again.