If you're familiar with emacs, consider checking out emacspeak as well. I hear it has a good python editing mode that works well for the blind. Bill On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 9:53 AM, Tyler Littlefield <tyler at tysdomain.com> wrote: > I'm on a laptop, but I believe there is something similar. Will speakup automatically announce the indent level? having to hit f8 on every line is rather inconveniant. > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Thanks, > Tyler Littlefield > ? ? ? ?http://tds-solutions.net > ? ? ? ?Twitter: sorressean > > On Feb 19, 2010, at 12:41 AM, Willem van der Walt wrote: > >> For coding in python, use the numpad-8 key twice in quick succession to >> announce the position where the first non-whitespace char starts. >> I use joe as the text editer to write the code, and it has a configuration >> that knows its python if the extention is .py. >> That setup with speakup works well for me. >> Regards, Willem >> >> >> On Thu, 18 Feb 2010, Tyler Littlefield wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> I'm working on switching to linux at least part-time, and have a few questions. >>> First, I've thought about using emacs or pico for code, has anyone found a way to handle python indentations? Can Speakup be made to announce them? >>> >>> Second, I'm using mplayer for my media, because cdcd only seemed to be for cds, and when I lower the volume it lowers the speakup volume too, which makes it a bit hard because I had music on terminal two and book on term three, with other work on the first console, so I could just use screen to manage that. Aside from the long explaination, it seems when I turn down the volume on the media player, the master volume goes down, too. Is there a way to make it where they have separate volume settings so that it won't affect speakup? >>> >>> >>> ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Thanks, >>> Tyler Littlefield >>> ? ? ?http://tds-solutions.net >>> ? ? ?Twitter: sorressean >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Speakup mailing list >>> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >>> >> >> -- >> This message is subject to the CSIR's copyright terms and conditions, e-mail legal notice, and implemented Open Document Format (ODF) standard. >> The full disclaimer details can be found at http://www.csir.co.za/disclaimer.html. >> >> This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, >> and is believed to be clean. ?MailScanner thanks Transtec Computers for their support. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >