Hi Paul, First, you might want to read Jonathan Cohn's reply from last week on terminal usability: On May 13, 2011, Jon Cohn wrote:
> Two more notes on terminal. > > by default terminal does not clear out scrollback items, so your entire > terminal session will be in both the terminal window and the VoiceOver text > block. You can change this in the preference panels or by hitting command-K > when you are about to start something new.. For example: I often will pipe a > man command to cat and but hit command-K to clear the scroll-back before > hitting enter. Three finger swipes will let you page through the text, and > VO-shift-J followed by VO-shift-uparrow (or shift+numpad 8 in numpad > commander mode) will get you to the top. I bet you can guess how to get to > the bottom. > In terms of cursor tracking, I usually have it off in command-line mode and > on incurses mode. Any function that will move the terminal cursor will then > cause the VO cursor to track it, but not the other way around. Secondly, the best single detailed post I've read outlining using Terminal with VoiceOver is one that Travis Siegel wrote on the Mac-Access list last October. He lists his preference configurations as part of the post. From the Mac-Access list archives, here's the link to his post on "Hints on using terminal": http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/2010/004769.html There's also a link on the bottom of each of the archived posts with more information about the Mac-Access mailing list for anyone who wants to join it. Apart from the settings issues for VoiceOver, probably the best introduction for new users to using terminal is the guide in the Take Control series of downloadable eBooks: "Take Control of the Mac Command Line with Terminal". Here's the link to the description from the Take Control web pages: http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/command-line HTH. Cheers, Esther On May 20, 2011, at 06:55, Paul Erkens wrote: > Hi Ester, > > When entering terminal mode, I'm having problems with VoiceOver focusing on > where my cursor is. Would you say terminal is accessible? If it is, then what > am I missing that makes operating it so difficult? I'm a starter in terminal > mode on the mac, but I do know of complex command line syntaxes from my DOS > years. The cmd shell in windows is still my friend. What do I do to work > nicely in terminal? Any usability suggestions? I'm very interested to start > off with it. > Kindly, > Paul. >> On Aug 26, 2010, at 9:08 PM, Esther wrote: >> >>> Hi Scott, >>> >>> Your Mac has SSH and SFTP, and other server functions built in. You can >>> access them directly from the command line in the Terminal app. I use >>> Terminal so frequently that I have it as one of the default apps in my >>> dock. (The dock can be useful as a quick way to navigate to apps that you >>> use frequently -- you can customize it to remove the apps that you don't >>> often use, and add ones that you do.) >>> >>> The Terminal app is located, not in the applications folder (which you can >>> reach in Finder with the shortcut of Command+Shift+A), but in the Utilities >>> folder, which is a sub-folder of Applications, and which you can reach with >>> Command+Shift+U. Then press "T" to navigate to "Terminal" and launch/open >>> the app. I use Command+Down arrow to do this. >>> >>> By default you'll be using the bash shell. To use ssh, to log into your >>> account on another system you can simply type: >>> >>> ssh <your login>AT<your domain> >>> >>> for example, if your login account name is "scott" and the machine name is >>> "computer. granados.net", you can type: >>> >>> ssh [email protected] and press return >>> >>> or you can use the IP address in place of the domain following the AT sign: >>> >>> ssh [email protected] and press return >>> >>> then type in your password. >>> >>> Use a similar syntax for sftp. Macs use "Open SSH" as the protocol. >>> >>> If you have some Unix/Linux background, there's an old web site: "Top Ten >>> Mac OS X Hints for Unix Geeks": >>> http://www.macdevcenter >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
