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From: dboyd2@mmm.com (J. David Boyd)
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Campaign for Tablet which runs Emacs closes soon
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 12:00:47 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <gjuby4qgkbb4.fsf@W0144758.usac.mmm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87r3wdaluy.fsf@wmi.amu.edu.pl

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.

Dave




  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-12-09 17:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-12-05 17:29 Campaign for Tablet which runs Emacs closes soon Rainer Hansen
2014-12-05 17:50 ` J. David Boyd
2014-12-05 20:21   ` Marcin Borkowski
2014-12-05 20:42     ` Drew Adams
2014-12-05 21:18       ` Marcin Borkowski
2014-12-05 21:27         ` Drew Adams
2014-12-06  0:03         ` Artur Malabarba
2014-12-06 18:47           ` Alan Schmitt
2014-12-06 21:03           ` Milan Zamazal
2014-12-05 21:22     ` Marcin Borkowski
2014-12-09 17:00     ` J. David Boyd [this message]
2014-12-09 18:20       ` Marcin Borkowski
2014-12-10  3:00         ` Robert Thorpe
2014-12-10 13:27           ` J. David Boyd
2014-12-11  2:58             ` Robert Thorpe
2014-12-11 15:18               ` J. David Boyd
2014-12-11 20:26                 ` Bob Proulx
2014-12-12 15:16                   ` J. David Boyd
2014-12-06  0:05   ` Artur Malabarba
     [not found]   ` <mailman.15340.1417810943.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-12-10 22:41     ` Anssi Saari
     [not found] <mailman.15329.1417800918.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-12-06  4:16 ` photobugsm
2014-12-06 16:19   ` Norbert Melzer

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