Re: Emac Editor

["A. R. Vener" <salt aero-vision com>]

Petra,

I am in the same position. I have Caldera Linux running on my
system and am trying to set up emacspeak.  From what I've seen
emacspeak lets you do just about anything you would normally want
to do on a Unix workstation but the cost is a learning curve
to learn emacs and its operation. 

Right now I am a vi user and use  vi and screen to get multiple sessions
just like emacs lets you use multiple buffers.  The problem with my current
setup is that it requires an extra PC set up as a dumb terminal (DOS running
Telix and Vocal-Eyes).  This may not be such a big problem considering that the
linux box doesn't require a monitor or keyboard so the additional cost is 
fairly minimal (386 PC with 50 Meg hard drive and 2 serial ports is all you 
need).

Why do I want emacspeak then?  One reason is that the audio desktop
environment described its documentation sounds very user friendly and I'm
hoping it will allow better access to internet browser and MP3 than I
have with my current setup.


>I am planning to set up a Linux system, currently I am a Windows 98 user.
>
>I have heared about Emacspeak but as far I know Emacs is an editor, now I am
>wondering whether emacspeak works with other  programs as well.
>
>I would like (or better I need to be able do to system admin work). But if
>Emacspeak just works with the Emac editor, am I depend on a assistent for
>system admin or any other work then writing text?
>
>Sorry about this stupid question but am a poor , poor Win 98 user (snile).
>
>Petra
>


Rudy