From: Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com>
To: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
Cc: Help Gnu Emacs <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
Francis Belliveau <f.belliveau@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: Modifier Keys and the Archaic Meta Key, term keyboard becoming archaic soon
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2020 17:14:50 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <trinity-43d06cfb-d2f1-4ca2-9dfd-8e3762270f24-1603728890732@3c-app-mailcom-bs12> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <X5bfNu6VzmnMVSSy@protected.rcdrun.com>
> virtual repetitive strain injury.
C* That's a good one. I wonder what they would have to say! :)
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> Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 at 3:37 PM
> From: "Jean Louis" <bugs@gnu.support>
> To: "Christopher Dimech" <dimech@gmx.com>
> Cc: "Help Gnu Emacs" <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>, "Francis Belliveau" <f.belliveau@comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: Modifier Keys and the Archaic Meta Key, term keyboard becoming archaic soon
>
> - keyboard
>
> For the reason that there are so many computers today
> without keyboards, it would be very late to change M-x to
> something else, as keyboards will soon disappear
> as well. All the work of changing the M-x terminology will
> be in vain.
>
> * Overview of noun keyboard
>
> The noun keyboard has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
>
> 1. (2) keyboard -- (device consisting of a set of keys on
> a piano or organ or typewriter or typesetting machine or
> computer or the like)
>
> 15. key -- (a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a
> mechanism when depressed)
>
> On billions of computers today like tables and phones
> there is no mechanism and there is no lever on so many
> mobile devices that use virtual "keyboards". Same trend is
> expected to come to what is called "desktop" computers
> (desktop may be obsolete as well).
>
> Those who report bugs for Emacs while using mobile devices
> such as tablets and phones should be seriously warned not
> to use the obsolete term "keyboard".
>
> Neither the Emacs manual nor Emacs was ever made to
> support "virtual keyboards".
>
> Users of mobile devices should be disadvised to send Emacs
> complaints while using the incorrect and obsolete term
> "keyboard" as that increases chances of blame that Emacs
> key bindings cause repetitive strain injureis. Finally,
> there are no key bindings on such devices simply because
> they do not have keys.
>
> Those getting repetitive strain injuries on a "virtual
> keyboard" shall be diagnosed having virtual repetitive
> strain injury.
>
> It will be questionable if that will be justification for
> a sick pay.
>
>
>
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Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-10-25 10:05 Modifier Keys and the Archaic Meta Key Christopher Dimech
2020-10-25 11:35 ` Gregory Heytings via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2020-10-25 12:49 ` Christopher Dimech
2020-10-25 19:57 ` Francis Belliveau
2020-10-25 21:07 ` Christopher Dimech
2020-10-26 14:37 ` Modifier Keys and the Archaic Meta Key, term keyboard becoming archaic soon Jean Louis
2020-10-26 16:14 ` Christopher Dimech [this message]
2020-10-25 12:45 ` Modifier Keys and the Archaic Meta Key Jean Louis
2020-10-25 13:46 ` Christopher Dimech
2020-10-25 20:12 ` Francis Belliveau
2020-10-25 21:30 ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-08 22:15 ` pillule
2020-11-14 21:51 ` pillule
2020-10-25 20:40 ` Vladimir Sedach
2020-10-25 21:32 ` Christopher Dimech
2020-10-25 21:41 ` Drew Adams
2020-10-25 21:53 ` Christopher Dimech
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