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Re: mac os et emacs


From: Thierry Volpiatto
Subject: Re: mac os et emacs
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 07:31:02 +0100
User-agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux)

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>>> Count the number of buttons on the pointing device as well.
>>> Especially if you like to use Emacs which makes good use of all
>>> 3 buttons.
>
>> It's perfectly okay to use other producers' mice on Apple's machines.
>
> I believe we're talking laptops here, so the number of buttons is
> relevant, unless you always use your laptop with a mouse on the side.
> I don't, and I don't know anybody who does.
>
>>> Stefan "Thinkpad addict"
>> That Thinkpad doesn't have a touchpad keeps me away from it..
>
> All Thinkpad keyboards have both trackpoints and touchpads (except that
> one on the X series).
> I do agree that the two-finger motion on the Thinkpad touchpad doesn't
> work as nicely as on the Macbook Pro because the touchpad is a good
> bit smaller.
>
>>> PS: I'm personally not sure that Apple is any less evil than Microsoft.
>
>> At least Apple is more friendly to free software(or open source
>> software) community.
>
> That's the thing of which I'm not sure.  Maybe it is.  But I fear that
> it's simply much more clever, and instead of fighting the community it
> pretends to play along with it.  But if you look at the way it tries to
> lock its users, it smells like bad old proprietary all the way.

I agree, it's one of the reasons of my choice between a Dell laptop 
with unbuntu and a Macbook.
-- 
A + Thierry
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