Alex Midence <alex.midence@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I think I'm most inclined to agree with Christopher. I also think > that the GUI can be just as beneficial to a blind user as the cli. > I use both environments daily and prefer each for different tasks. Based on my earlier comments, I think the CLI/GUI dichotomy is not a helpful division with which to frame this discussion. Emacs, after all, is a GUI application; it's also a console application. A recent article at Linux Weekly News described a WebKit-based browser which has a Vi-style keyboard interface - it's undoubtedly a GUI application that requires X11 to run, but it also possesses a very powerful interface that should be efficient to use. It's entirely a matter of user interface design, not a question of whether a graphical display is required; and, incidentally, console applications are a superset of command line (i.e., CLI) tools. I like the editing paradigm which Emacs extends to such a broad diversity of applications, ranging from file system editing in Dired to instant messaging, just to mention two examples that differ, on the surface, from document or code editing. I ought to stop now before taking the discussion off-topic for the Emacspeak list. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the emacspeak list or change your address on the emacspeak list send mail to "emacspeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxx" with a subject of "unsubscribe" or "help".
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