From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Mike Mattie Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: gathering data on how people use Emacs Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:13:00 -0700 Message-ID: <20080324161300.191df4b6@reforged> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/v/6_Av0bWKzEl_4fEjKsGwe"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1206400641 13681 80.91.229.12 (24 Mar 2008 23:17:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:17:21 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs developers Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 25 00:17:52 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JdvvJ-0002w7-Gd for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:17:49 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jdvui-0000nv-CW for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:17:12 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jdvud-0000ng-Gy for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:17:07 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JdvuZ-0000nQ-FE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:17:07 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JdvuZ-0000nG-2G for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:17:03 -0400 Original-Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com ([209.85.146.176]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JdvuY-0003ra-FD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:17:02 -0400 Original-Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id k34so3891205wah.10 for ; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:16:59 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:subject:message-id:x-mailer:mime-version:content-type; bh=UxBVW/wiyglmnuaKIGhd4pja7aUrClWiwOEU6U8qB68=; b=KOCrWs0fg1w0QHn7LpB5JCwCV8jLh/2lKqe63VXlS7I8pLWASIhVJROQ1cKmPle/Zt1Mf+/hB/MO1I8U6x4VmgSU35/ZmTwwUlb8eppdBZFkXyD2y3gI5x9sXi6mwaGGQNzcCX4Yp4h8iZOepF8AJtftLsYp8dNuqOMAGFqxY9A= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:x-mailer:mime-version:content-type; b=P47rZkTVFuX4ZmBupK5p8Go+5NVDWLONuOnRRaShRkv+PnieIk+vbTlBdYgSaddrokjKIFHsetZctHIa2g7r+QEUEqE+L9M8j7eB+L8kySqwJNTVr9DLGh5NIO4tEEmgNhZJJeovu57FKm1lbtXRy+kjNV8eOGY8oVKWFPwJwZc= Original-Received: by 10.115.61.1 with SMTP id o1mr12909577wak.94.1206400618760; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:16:58 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from reforged ( [71.217.206.83]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id d20sm13621651waa.52.2008.03.24.16.16.58 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:16:58 -0700 (PDT) X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.0.2 (GTK+ 2.12.8; i686-pc-linux-gnu) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:93347 Archived-At: --Sig_/v/6_Av0bWKzEl_4fEjKsGwe Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello, With the recent discussion on how people use Emacs I have been pondering ho= w to acquire use data that would illuminate the discussion with fact. Emacs has a nifty facility for recording the input events: these keystroke = dumps, if suitably scrubbed of personal data, and keyed to an anonymous ID could be used to populate a database tha= t could be mined for the kind of information needed in the discussions on user interface design. WDOT ? Cheers, Mike Mattie --Sig_/v/6_Av0bWKzEl_4fEjKsGwe Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFH6DV8dfRchrkBInkRAq8zAJ9+SrvFM4oQdRvQNbSGnHXP5tP5qQCeNw+8 QUIsy+EMu+gvBxSCF+g60Fc= =x35m -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/v/6_Av0bWKzEl_4fEjKsGwe--