Re: Easy things for Android port

["T.V Raman" <raman@google.com>]

All sounds good; but I'd still like to ask the higher-level -- perhaps
somewhat research-oriented question:

Emacs from 40 years ago created a lot of innovations  that still shine
in today's world. Given that those innovations happened in a world
that distinctly lacked the  hardware ans the associated UI affordances
 that we have today; how might Emacs create the next round of
 innovation that will shine for the next 40 years?

Po Lu writes:
 > "T.V Raman" <raman@google.com> writes:
 > 
 > > One question re on-screen keyboard:
 > >
 > > Given Emacs' heavy usage of modifier keys, simply adding on-screen
 > > keyboard support may not deliver something very useful.
 > 
 > There is a free input method for Android which does have modifier keys.
 > I think it's called ``Any Soft Keyboard'' or some such.
 > 
 > > perhaps we should step back and ask "How Can Emacs Leverage Touch Input"
 > > in a broader sense, and use that as the motivation to do some real UI
 > > innovation
 > 
 > We already have touch screen support for the X builds, but the events
 > are not bound to anything at the moment.
 > 
 > Touchscreen support for Android is being worked on, but I think it will
 > also require a lot of Lisp for gesture recognition, et cetera.  Does
 > anyone want to write that?
 > 
 > Thanks.

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Thanks,

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Thanks,

--Raman(I Search, I Find, I Misplace, I Research)
♉ Id: kg:/m/0285kf1  🦮