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Re: Campaign for Tablet which runs Emacs closes soon
From: |
Marcin Borkowski |
Subject: |
Re: Campaign for Tablet which runs Emacs closes soon |
Date: |
Tue, 09 Dec 2014 19:20:38 +0100 |
On 2014-12-09, at 18:00, J. David Boyd wrote:
> Marcin Borkowski <mbork@wmi.amu.edu.pl> writes:
>
>> On 2014-12-05, at 18:50, J. David Boyd wrote:
>>
>>> Don't really see the point of Emacs on a tablet. Without a keyboard it
>>> would
>>> feel useless to me, as a virtual keyboard is never going to be good enough.
>>
>> 1. Orgmode.
>>
>> 2. Never? Seriously? For the next 20-30 years, maybe. ;-)
>>
>> 3. Imagine that in Emacs 27 (for instance), you will be able to bind
>> commands not only to keys and clicks etc., but also to swipes, pinches,
>> gestures etc. Then, why not?
>>
>>> Dave
>>
>> Best,
>
>
> I don't do things like that now with my mouse and different browsers that
> support it. I yank my hands around too much to have them be initiating
> commands.
>
> But I do see your point.
Thanks.
Notice that in the traditional setting, you have the keyboard /and/ the
mouse, so if you want to use the mouse, you have to move your hands a
lot (=ineffective). On a tablet, you only have the touchscreen, so it's
much more natural to use these gestures.
In general, tablets seem to be good when you /consume/ information, not
/produce/ it. But Emacs is useful at that, too.
(That said, I neither own nor use a tablet myself.)
> Dave
Best,
--
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Adam Mickiewicz University
- Re: Campaign for Tablet which runs Emacs closes soon, (continued)
- Re: Campaign for Tablet which runs Emacs closes soon, J. David Boyd, 2014/12/05
- Re: Campaign for Tablet which runs Emacs closes soon, Marcin Borkowski, 2014/12/05
- RE: Campaign for Tablet which runs Emacs closes soon, Drew Adams, 2014/12/05
- Re: Campaign for Tablet which runs Emacs closes soon, Marcin Borkowski, 2014/12/05
- RE: Campaign for Tablet which runs Emacs closes soon, Drew Adams, 2014/12/05
- Re: Campaign for Tablet which runs Emacs closes soon, Artur Malabarba, 2014/12/05
- Re: Campaign for Tablet which runs Emacs closes soon, Alan Schmitt, 2014/12/06
- Re: Campaign for Tablet which runs Emacs closes soon, Milan Zamazal, 2014/12/06
- Re: Campaign for Tablet which runs Emacs closes soon, Marcin Borkowski, 2014/12/05
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