A great longterm solution to a short-term problem and timeline. I think the poster was looking for the quick fix. To the person who first posted the question, we say things like that around here because we've all done this before, so it's easy for us now. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 7:29 AM Subject: Re: Linux text-editing question > Dump that Windows box and install Linux. > > I am dumbfounded that your professor wouldn't insist on it, as a matter > of fact. > > Ned writes: > > HI all, > > I just came back from my Unix class and my teacher is getting desparate > > with me. I used pico to write a little paragraph -- which went ok until I > > tried to go back to some words to correct them. Because we use putty, I > > can't focus the cursor on a particular letter to -- say -- delete it, and > > everything got mmessed up. Then using VI, Iwas supposed to edit a paragraph > > of text. After he saw what I did, he went speachless. SO tell me, is there > > any other more friendly remote client like telnet or something. > > Plese people, encourage me in these tough times and tell me what to do? I > > appologize for posting a question little off the topic, but putty is > > actually using Unix commands sent to it from the machine running it. > > > > Many thanks in advance good people. > > Ned > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > > Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 > Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com > > Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) > janina at freestandards.org http://a11y.org > > If Linux can't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
