Mike Ray <mike at raspberryvi.org> wrote: > > I'm going to throw in a vote for Emacs/Emacspeak here. Steep > learning curve...which some people disagree with but I think it's > true. But when you get a handle on the various modes available for > editing in different formats it is possible to really be productive. I agree that Emacs and Emacspeak make a wonderfully productive working environment. As for learning, I don't think it's difficult as long as the new user understands the need for it and works at it systematically. Start with the built-in tutorial, then learn Info mode and start reading the Emacs manual, or read it online in a browser. Actually reading it in Emacs and trying the commands for practice would be better however. I write all of my work in Emacs, and recommend AUCTeX mode for preparing documents in LaTeX, which can then be converted to PDF and other formats. > > One of the members of Raspberry VI is currently climbing the > learning curve very quickly and is producing amazing results. > Excellent. > It's possible to launch Emacs/Emacspeak at the start of the day and > get everything done without leaving it. Except Javascript enabled > web browsing perhaps :( For speech output from a browser, there's always ChromeVox, which takes a similar approach in the browser environment to that which Emacspeak does in Emacs.
