well, for audio playing, there is vlc for the mac. On Sep 29, 2009, at 10:45 PM, Tyler Littlefield wrote:
> > Hello all, > I recently got my apple a couple weeks ago, and have been hunting for > a few solutions to give me the functionality I had on windows. > First, I'm a full-time coder, what time I don't devote to anything I > code for a hobby. I'm looking for a good, accessible editor; any > ideas? I'd specifically love something that would announce indents > when working with python. Beyond that, I just need a good editor. > Second, I tend to mud quite frequently and would like to find a mud > client that I can easily use with the ease that I could use mush and > Jaws. I realize that I will probably have to learn new commands, new > ways of doing things, but I'd love to have a client that I could use > easily and efficiently. I love pkilling, so I need something that I > can function quickly with. > I tried a few muds, tintin, udwalker, and atlantas. I love tintin, but > voiceover still seems ot have issues reading things in the terminal, > especially when using screen. It also announces two blank lines > between each new block of text, which gets annoying because the blank > lines aren't actually there. Mudwalker looked ok, but it ffroze the > whole system when you input half of the URL. Atlantas looked the best, > but there's an issue with it reading. It looks as if the input box is > separated from the main box, so the idea would get voiceover to read > the output box like it reads the shell window in terminal. > Branching off of this, is there a workaround to get voiceover to > properly work with screen? > Last couple questions, I think. I frequently listen to audio books > when I'm not coding or mudding, but I haven't managed to find a player > that allows me to jump around if it's a long book. Any idea if there > is something out there that plays ogg/mp3 mainly that will allow this? > I like cog, but it has issues jumping around. > Last, sometimes voiceover will randomly announce row <number> expanded > when that row doesn't need to be expanded or wasn't as far as I know. > Any way of fixing this? > Lastly, I'd love to get into programming for the mac. I already know > c+ > + and a few other languages, so developing apps shouldn't be to far > off. Is there an accessible editor that will allow me to use coco? I > found a tutorial on xcode, but after getting to placing controls, it > was drag and drop from one window to the next, and I couldn't find > another way to insert controls. > Sorry for all the questions, answers to any of them would really be > appriciated. I'd like to just toss windows and put linux on that > laptop, but I need to obtain the proficiency in what I like doing with > the mac before I can do that. I've switched to everything else, just > haven't managed to find everything that I need. > Tia, > Tyler > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
