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From: covici@ccs.portal.com!covici (John Covici)
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Subject: re: VAX screen editor
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Date: 8 Feb 91 22:04:16 GMT
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DOANE@CTSTATEU.BITNET (Betsey Doane) writes:

> Just curious--has anyone suhccessfully used the screen editor in
> EDT on the Vax with speech or Braille?  I am using VERT PLUS speech
> system and have for years used the line editor with great success.
> I've been playing around with the screen editor and it doesn't work
> too well!  Moving the cursor with the arrow keys apparently moves
> it but there is no feedback on just where the cursor is via the
> speech.  I have an older version of the VERT software so I am not
> aware of where the end of a line is.  I would be interested in any
> experiences any of you have had--like I said, the line editor is
> just fine.  Any ideas on the screen editor?--Betsey Doane--

Well, I can use it, the cursor tells where you were rather than
where you are, so I use my read current character key (in either
Artic or Vocaleyes), and get along OK, but the editor I really use
is a line editor which I helped write which uses regular
expressions and is not bad for something on the VAX.  It is sort of
like ed.

         John

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         John Covici
          covici@ccs.portal.com