[BRLTTY] Braille keyboard layout

2007-06-17 Thread Sébastien Hinderer
Dear all, While reading the screen, at least in text mode, the command I use the more frequently is doubtlessly the one that displays the next indow on the braille display. Assuming that the same should be true for others, I am lead to this idea that if there is one thing that must be payed attent

[BRLTTY] Braille Display Barrier (was: Re: Braille keyboard layout)

2007-06-17 Thread Boris
Hello Sébastien, hello the list, Thanks for starting such a thread. Papenmeier's Easy Bar is the most efficient navigation mechanism I have ever used on a Braille display. With the thumbs, one pushes the bar in a vertical plane while the indexes keep on reading. It was hard to do without it, wh

Re: [BRLTTY] Braille Display Barrier (was: Re: Braille keyboard layout)

2007-06-17 Thread Jason White
On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 12:09:19AM +0200, Boris wrote: > Papenmeier's Easy Bar is the most efficient navigation mechanism I > have ever used on a Braille display. With the thumbs, one pushes the > bar in a vertical plane while the indexes keep on reading. I was given a demonstration of this at

Re: [BRLTTY] Braille keyboard layout

2007-06-17 Thread Nicolas Pitre
On Sun, 17 Jun 2007, Sébastien Hinderer wrote: > To sum up: I believe that if the "go to next window" button is located at > the end (right) of the braille window, I am less efficient in reading > than when it is placed at the left (beginning) of the braille window. > The explanation, according to

Re: [BRLTTY] Braille keyboard layout

2007-06-17 Thread Sébastien Hinderer
Dear all, First: thanks a lot to those of you who have already contributed to this thread. Nicolas Pitre : > That makes some sense, although I fear I personally would find such a > configuration rather impossible to use. My primary use for a braille > display is to read (and write) source code