Using emacs on a tablet computer

Using emacs on a tablet computer

[joakim]

Sometimes I dont get anywhere to sit on the commuter train
and I use my laptop in tablet mode to amuse myself.

Today I tried to read things in Gnus using only the pen interface.
It didnt work out too well, basically because of lacking menu options.
Most I can fix myself of course, but what about keyboard-quit?

keyboard-quit is quite essential for emacs usage, and there doesnt seem
to be a way to map it to a  menu or toolbar button that works when you
need it.

I'm happily proven wrong of course.

-- 
Joakim Verona

Re: Using emacs on a tablet computer

[Stefan Monnier]

> Sometimes I dont get anywhere to sit on the commuter train
> and I use my laptop in tablet mode to amuse myself.

> Today I tried to read things in Gnus using only the pen interface.
> It didnt work out too well, basically because of lacking menu options.
> Most I can fix myself of course, but what about keyboard-quit?

> keyboard-quit is quite essential for emacs usage, and there doesnt seem
> to be a way to map it to a  menu or toolbar button that works when you
> need it.

I don't know how a tablet computer is used, but have you looked into the
strokes.el package?  Tho I guess there must be some similar system-level
facility available somewhere.


        Stefan

Re: Using emacs on a tablet computer

[Johan Bockgård]

joakim@verona.se writes:

> Today I tried to read things in Gnus using only the pen interface.
> It didnt work out too well, basically because of lacking menu options.
> Most I can fix myself of course, but what about keyboard-quit?
>
> keyboard-quit is quite essential for emacs usage, and there doesnt seem
> to be a way to map it to a  menu or toolbar button that works when you
> need it.

It sounds like you want to bind the "quit character" (not really
`keyboard-quit', which an ordinary command) to a GUI element.  I don't
think you can.

-- 
Johan Bockgård

RE: Using emacs on a tablet computer

[Drew Adams]

> keyboard-quit is quite essential for emacs usage, and there 
> doesnt seem to be a way to map it to a  menu or toolbar
> button that works when you need it.
> I'm happily proven wrong of course.

I add `keyboard-quit', `top-level' and `view-lossage' to the `Help' menu in
library `menu-bar+.el'. Actually, I add them to a `Help' submenu named
`Whoops!?':

(defvar menu-bar-whereami-menu (make-sparse-keymap "Whoops!?"))
(define-key menu-bar-help-menu [whereami]
  (cons "Whoops!?" menu-bar-whereami-menu))
(define-key menu-bar-whereami-menu [view-lossage]
  '(menu-item "What did I do !?" view-lossage :help "Display last 100 input
keystrokes"))
(define-key menu-bar-whereami-menu [top-level]
  '(menu-item "Back to Top Level" top-level :help "Exit all recursive
editing levels"))
(define-key menu-bar-whereami-menu [keyboard-quit]
  '(menu-item "Cancel Current Action" keyboard-quit :help "Quit any
operation in progress"))


HTH.