From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Skip Montanaro Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Speaking of features from smart phones - pop-up keycap menu? Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2017 16:40:34 -0600 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1511736061 11503 195.159.176.226 (26 Nov 2017 22:41:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2017 22:41:01 +0000 (UTC) To: Help GNU Emacs Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 26 23:40:57 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eJ5ba-0002Wq-Dl for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 26 Nov 2017 23:40:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58324 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eJ5bh-0003lb-PJ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 26 Nov 2017 17:41:01 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41111) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eJ5bJ-0003lW-85 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Nov 2017 17:40:38 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eJ5bI-0003Ju-HS for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Nov 2017 17:40:37 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-pl0-x236.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c01::236]:33027) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eJ5bI-0003Jg-As for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Nov 2017 17:40:36 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-pl0-x236.google.com with SMTP id a12so7336677pll.0 for ; Sun, 26 Nov 2017 14:40:35 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=v11uUm3NRD0kFRG5mWfjkVLfBzRf6ftk2SvclaTnZPE=; b=ftwjnYNsyUNX8uZKWjiuj9EdZD6VndL7u3p/GhZ0cybYGVrfJ20//4+l3DNiyRNw2I LEdypNLypbdxcmoQaWQA90H8iS9Y/rBVLCJ7wC2cGZS6oILIkvN1YgmunF9YO4tbm8Jw hk60IuKEaDQ+lciicwnnIJFpxVvguBEOWyubAPlfHUOEBMQaE/BwRYCipSAYlfCzz+us MrGbKiQA+woe5yzqWT+vWMWzUQEDA1kvQ3QyyERBAS5NugKbsq5LE5XwWCmwXD4ZZwt9 g+HQGzIaJ0G7a9hVrmByNq3JvqIlFzDFmkXrDT28s+vRGV4du3bR0sPsMEA6Yu5V/haY eVJw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=v11uUm3NRD0kFRG5mWfjkVLfBzRf6ftk2SvclaTnZPE=; b=QBq8ZqMmsy4T1MqY/5AKL+DsX6P+PSR2FBo4jzy7eOW1+NftiwiQHTI8HjcvE/X7Mm omJh6/R0Egdp7YUl9dcIhUOQgA1L3NV1NUTPt/qZhEYSGUe6Vn+YMG9jFFR4ZsyXJA+t oEzb5fF2ShuOYLlhPVbxnVcjbvmO4QOKZelJ04o9Srh3PB6jU47lxqUhp082EGrY2Jf5 C5jQV9OtZLkM/twTipxvYlZE3qFFgLx+ZQwUCZfgNlmjKGxcjzzXVnmS2grUud9WK1SP 2LQ92KueS/vmxV+57h9SRUIJ0H2ZJ6Vj4N18PGds4FwyycCssVLCfrjQ4MzEtK2tEUNw SnNw== X-Gm-Message-State: AJaThX7uR/AY8AGVd0kwI0FbTicwab5zltNepRSigtnFrgn2qDZry061 MRRwalCBYpzIMo6v7DeEqt9VApTQAhDrpZFcUomLi/MZU83Q X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGs4zMZ/W2bxU84MTr15AwRz3u10e+UWFzsa4ykE1JI7oT6SAqsb8gtzN8Lc4ZqYExhC8VcTHgrfqBhoarWxuJynNes= X-Received: by 10.84.229.79 with SMTP id d15mr35558104pln.397.1511736034691; Sun, 26 Nov 2017 14:40:34 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.100.132.227 with HTTP; Sun, 26 Nov 2017 14:40:34 -0800 (PST) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400e:c01::236 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:115113 Archived-At: The question about iPhone treatment of spc-spc reminded me of a feature of my Android phone which I would find handy, at least when typing text. While composing email or SMS on my phone, if I touch and hold a letter, after I short pause (0.25-0.5 sec?) a menu pops up showing me alternative characters (glyphs?) reachable from that keycap. Just drag to the character you want to insert at that point. I use SWYPE on my phone, but I suspect this behavior is similar to the native keyboard as well. I think it would be great to have something like this for traditional keyboard input. I haven't any idea what the proper UI behavior would be (as I don't have a "soft" keyboard). I use the X11 version of GNU Emacs, so there is probably more flexibility in that interface than when run via -nw. I have to believe some resourceful person in the Emacs community has already implemented something like this. Skip