[Python-ideas] Accessible tools (original) (raw)

Stephen J. Turnbull stephen at xemacs.org
Thu Feb 19 01:50:57 CET 2015

Bryan Duarte writes:

If you are aware of how I can [browse class definitions] this using VIM, eMacs or any other tool please let me know.

Emacs has a subsystem called CEDET, which provides reasonably good but not state-of-the-art implementations of many modern code analysis and refactoring tools. It includes a code browser (the "Emacs Code Browser" mentioned earlier is actually the historical origin of CEDET.

The Emacspeak package (which is available separately) is an audible output system for Emacs. It doesn't just read the screen: it has access to Emacs internals. I don't personally have experience with it but in theory that access could make a big improvement in the accuracy of its output.

Emacs is a paleolithic design which has recently had GUI features grafted on to it, but the Emacs maintainers continue to ensure that its features work well in a terminal. I think it would be your best bet, because (as a non-VIM user) my guess is that VIM users mostly prefer to use VIM as the editor in systems like Eclipse.

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