[Hudlug] created a web page

[Tim Schofield]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Brook [mailto:paul at codesourcery.com] 
> Sent: 19 September 2006 16:36
> To: hudlug at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Cc: MICHAEL WEAVER
> Subject: Re: [Hudlug] created a web page
> 
> 
> On Tuesday 19 September 2006 16:29, MICHAEL WEAVER wrote:
> > As far as programming is concerned I would study any language as I 
> > can't make up my mind as regards a language under Linux. 
> Maybe perhaps 
> > Python as it seems to be something used for Orca scripts.
> 
> I can imagine python being tricky for blind users because 
> whitespace has 
> semantic significance. Control blocks (if blocks, loops) are 
> determined by 
> the indentation (number of spaces at the start of a line).
> 
> This is unfortunate because otherwise I'd recommend python as 
> a good language 
> to learn.
> 
> Paul
> 

At one time I would have agreed with you Paul, but my limited experience of this is that with a correctly configured screen reader, python can actually be easier for blind users. I have been told that keeping track of indentations with a screen reader is easier than matching opening and closing parentheses, and as you say python is a good language to learn.

Tim