From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bob Proulx Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Control-C conundrum Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2015 13:25:53 -0600 Message-ID: <20150612131211759585883@bob.proulx.com> References: <20150604001736.GA1917@mail.akwebsoft.com> <20150603222121607920564@bob.proulx.com> <20150604152420.GC1917@mail.akwebsoft.com> <20150606114719764101686@bob.proulx.com> <20150611013356.GM80468@mail.akwebsoft.com> <20150611093053.GD2388@engels.historicalmaterialism.info> <20150611153155.GO80468@mail.akwebsoft.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1434137184 31573 80.91.229.3 (12 Jun 2015 19:26:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2015 19:26:24 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 12 21:26:17 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Z3Ual-0008E1-60 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Jun 2015 21:26:15 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53567 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z3Uak-0005mm-CI for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Jun 2015 15:26:14 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52749) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z3UaV-0005mf-Et for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Jun 2015 15:26:00 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z3UaR-0002Ie-4O for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Jun 2015 15:25:59 -0400 Original-Received: from joseki.proulx.com ([216.17.153.58]:35221) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z3UaQ-0002IK-Kw for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Jun 2015 15:25:55 -0400 Original-Received: from hysteria.proulx.com (hysteria.proulx.com [192.168.230.119]) by joseki.proulx.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 674682183C for ; Fri, 12 Jun 2015 13:25:53 -0600 (MDT) Original-Received: by hysteria.proulx.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 5459A2DC48; Fri, 12 Jun 2015 13:25:53 -0600 (MDT) Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20150611153155.GO80468@mail.akwebsoft.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 216.17.153.58 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:104895 Archived-At: Tim Johnson wrote: > > Tim Johnson wrote: > > > Someday, I'd like to spend even more money and get a mechanical > > > keyboard even better than HHL2. Recommedations are welcome. > > > > In the 1990s I bought a stock of the IBM M5 keyboards for $5 apiece. You > > might look into them. > > They are on my radar screen. Thanks The classic IBM Model M keyboard is still available new today and in a USB version. Unicomp manufactured the original keyboards for IBM and now sell them direct. http://www.pckeyboard.com/page/UKBD/UNI0P4A Note however that I do NOT own one of these myself. So this is simply a pointer and not a recommendation since I am not using a Model M myself. I am looking for a quieter keyboard not a louder one and people complain my current keyboard is already too loud. :-) But people who love the Model M buckling spring keyboard really love them. I have typed on them and they do have good tactile feedback. Clack, clack, clack. They even make a version with a TrackPoint-like pointing stick now too. I also really like the smaller footprint of a keyboard without the right side number pad. That allows the mouse to be closer and less of a reach for when I can't do something with a keyboard shortcut and am forced to reach for the mouse. A Model M like spring keyboard with a trackpoint pointing stick and no right side keypad would be a hard thing for me to pass up. I have almost bought the standalone ThinkPad keyboard a few times but the $230+ price is too much for me. http://www.amazon.com/ThinkPad-USB-Keyboard-with-TrackPoint/dp/B002ONCC6G/ Bob