I use bratty all the time for programming. However python standard says to use spaces not tabs and in fact most programming standards I use require spaces because tabs cause issues for visual as well as blind people. I use a 40 cell display and never use speech for coding.
Tom Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 21, 2020, at 08:30, Adrian van Bloois <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 09:06:47AM -0500, John J. Boyer wrote: >> My display is 40 cells. Five tabs of eight spaces will make it blank. >> Speech screenreaders indicate indentation. Why not Braille? > I worked as a programmer for ages and I never ever used brltty for this > sort of things. > Identation is within the text and to be interpreted by the reader. > There are programs to put identation on a source code within Linux e.g.. > If you use a 40 cell display then you are using the wrong hammer for the > job. > In my professional life I alwasy worked with 80 cell displays. > >> >>> On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 07:54:53AM -0400, S. Massy wrote: >>>> On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 07:35:30AM -0400, Dave Mielke wrote: >>>> [quoted lines by John J. Boyer on 2020/08/21 at 05:27 -0500] >>>> >>>>> it is really the business of the screenreader. So I am wondering if BRLTY >>>>> has >>>>> a way of indicating indentation. >>>> >>>> Can you give an example of what you mean? >>> I admit I am curious as well as I do Python all the time and have no >>> issue with indentation. Perhaps he means replace a tab with a single >>> character to minimise scrolling? >>> S.M. >>> -- >>> Sebastien Massy >>> Montreal, Canada >>> Website: http://www.wolfdream.ca >>> Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/SMassy1 >>> LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/sebastien-massy/47/5a5/81a >>> _______________________________________________ >>> This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. >>> To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] >>> For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty >> >> -- >> John J. Boyer >> Email: [email protected] >> website: http://www.abilitiessoft.org >> Status: Company dissolved but website and email addresses live. >> Location: Madison, Wisconsin, USA >> Mission: developing assistive technology software and providing STEM >> services >> that are available at no cost >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. >> To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] >> For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty > > -- > Adri P. van Bloois > > > "The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else > will save it." > Robert Swan. > _______________________________________________ > This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. > To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] > For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty
