Re: shell editor

Thanks, those binary zeros in that context could cause a real mess. On Tue, 26 Sep 2017, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 00:10:43 From: Linux for blind general discussion To: Linux for blind general discussion Subject: Re: shell editor The truncate command w

Re: this needs testing

fmt -80 infile > outfile Same thing, isn't it? On Sep 25, 2017, at 5:49 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: I forgot three lines in earlier version. This one uses fold to force creation of 80 character lines making it easier to edit rather than just leaving a single line in the file

Re: shell editor

Potential problem with dd is it requires an input file and the first creation of the file will be an append operation. I'll try using /dev/null for input and converting all output to spaces when this one gets created and it's possible this will work. On Tue, 26 Sep 2017, Linux for blind gener

Re: editor in linux shell that does charactor count?

ed and edbrowse count characters when you write the file. or I just suspend the editor and type: wc -c filename ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list

Re: editor in linux shell that does charactor count?

I have not had a moment to check but I believe it is one of the 6.0 or 6.1 writing tools options. I have a sense that i used it before. Regardless, one of the other things might work. Thanks, Karen On Mon, 25 Sep 2017, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: On September 25, 2017, Linux

re: shell editor

No, fmt is not the same as fold. The fmt command in my testing failed to break lines but fold got the line breaks correct. Also, truncate is back along with the tr command to change those binary zeros to spaces. Easier approach. This one so far as I can tell now works. I'll put a loop in the

Re: editor in linux shell that does charactor count?

On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 6:58 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Huh, I was nearly certain that WP had a character-count > functionality, but pulling it up, I can't seem to find it. You've sparked a memory. I don't recall in the DOS versions but in the Windows versions, the character

Questions about Mac, emacspeak and Braille

Hi, I know it's the Linux list but this is super important because I have a job interview with Apple coming up. The latest emacs + emacspeak is running on my MacBook but the Braille doesn't work. The only way I can think to make it work is to set up brltty. I found this process way too hard when I

Re: Questions about Mac, emacspeak and Braille

There are plenty of voices. Go into voiceover utility into the speech category and the voices tab. There are the voices already on your Mac and there are ones you can download. Also infovox voices can be purchased. You can switch between the voices on your Mac by using cmd-option-control-downarr

Re: Questions about Mac, emacspeak and Braille

> There are plenty of voices. Go into voiceover utility into the speech > category ... I know how to switch voices with voiceover but I'm asking about emacs. Alex always comes up with no obvious way to change it. > However, I don't understand what this has to do with your job interview. It's pr

Re: Questions about Mac, emacspeak and Braille

Oh sorry, I use emacs in terminal all the time and it just uses the same voice I have running whatever it is. And yes, I see what you mean now. I like working in terminal for certain things too and now I see how this relates to your interview. Thanks for explaining. -- Cheryl Go beyond the

Re: Questions about Mac, emacspeak and Braille

That's cool, and I'd definitely like some help with MacPorts + brltty that since the only resource I can find on Google is that readme you posted a few years ago. I'd like my Mac a lot more with brltty and emacspeak. Thanks, Amanda On 9/26/17, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Oh sorry

Re: Questions about Mac, emacspeak and Braille

Okay, Amanda. You could email me at cahom...@gmail.com instead of onlist if you like. -- Cheryl On Sep 26, 2017, at 8:08 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: That's cool, and I'd definitely like some help with MacPorts + brltty that since the only resour