Is there a way to clear the scroll area? On Jul 21, 2009, at 8:54 AM, Barry Hadder wrote:
> > As already mentioned, you interact with the scroll area to review the > screen. Some times however, VO seems to get stuck and I've found I > have to read by sentence when starting from the current prompt and > reading upward through the output. > > How well it echos back when output is written to the screen varies. I > wouldn't mind seeing it work a little better, but I think it's very > usable. I haven't found an app yet that I couldn't use. > > In regards to Lynx, I find it helpful to have the links numbered. > > Also, for some reason the "-show_cursor" option never worked for me > and I allways had to set it in the options. > I've never liked using pine with any screen reading system. I would > recommend Mutt. It's a little more trouble to set up but well worth > it. > > > On Jul 20, 2009, at 10:09 PM, Garry Turkington wrote: > >> >> Hi, >> >> I played with the Mac terminal last year and got some help from >> people >> here re its accessibility. I'm now using my Mac a lot more and want >> to >> get the most out of the terminal so am requesting wisdom from others >> out >> there. >> >> From the command line I really need the ability to do development >> locally >> and connect to remote machines via ssh. I've found a few issues: >> >> 1. Any command that generates multi-line output seems to be >> truncated by >> the prompt or new line announcement. Good example is "java - >> version". I >> can improve this by setting a much shorter prompt in my shell but >> it's >> still very hit and miss. Is there any way to configure things to >> more >> reliably read new information? I've tried messing around with >> cursor and >> terminal types with no success that I can really point to. >> >> 2. Is there any way to review prior text on the screen or is >> interacting >> with the scroll area and moving the VO cursor up the way to do that? >> >> 3. When connecting to remote machines -- and to a lesser degree >> locally -- >> I need access to some ncurses applications but the cursor tracking >> with VO >> seems very unpredictable. An example would be to open "lynx - >> show_cursor" >> on the remote box and try and say navigate around the CNN homepage. >> Or >> use something like pine where cursoring around changes text >> highlights. >> >> Anyone got advice as to how I can make all this work better for me? >> >> Many thanks, >> Garry >> >> >> -- >> Garry Turkington >> garry.turking...@gmail.com >> >>> > > > > louie louiem...@wavecable.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
