From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim Johnson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Add-on USB custom keypads Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2016 14:34:29 -0800 Organization: AkWebsoft Message-ID: <20160616223429.GC3431@mail.akwebsoft.com> References: <20160616200035.GB3431@mail.akwebsoft.com> <86wplo7run.fsf@student.uu.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1466116513 9003 80.91.229.3 (16 Jun 2016 22:35:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2016 22:35:13 +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 17 00:35:04 2016 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 1bDfsO-0002eI-5G for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 17 Jun 2016 00:35:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52395 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bDfsL-0005ve-Rl for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 16 Jun 2016 18:35:01 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50378) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bDfrw-0005vN-Rz for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Jun 2016 18:34:37 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bDfrr-0004ZO-HS for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Jun 2016 18:34:35 -0400 Original-Received: from tjohnson.mtaonline.net ([64.4.232.191]:44468) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bDfrr-0004Yx-8n for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Jun 2016 18:34:31 -0400 Original-Received: by linus.johnson.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 774CC2008DE; Thu, 16 Jun 2016 14:34:29 -0800 (AKDT) Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <86wplo7run.fsf@student.uu.se> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 64.4.232.191 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:110466 Archived-At: * Emanuel Berg [160616 13:33]: > Tim Johnson writes: > > >> Can anyone recommend an add-on, customizable > >> and reliable keypad suitable for Emacs > >> running on Linux? > > > > I've been using three different standalone > > numeric keypads for years. For me, > > customization has been a matter of > > > > 1)Elisp code 2)Operating system 3)Whether > > console or gui mode. 4)If console, > > which emulator. > > Well, only the odd keys require any such extra > efforts. Normal keys, just plug and play and > associate Elisp code. And there should be > plenty of normal keys around, especially if you > purchase additional hardware to get even more. > > This is the same situation for the Joe Hacker > keyboard by the way, and nothing in particular > to additional USB input devices. I customize the heck out of my keypad. As I stated, I can switch back to normal operation with a keystroke. I use mine on left of a tenkeyless keyboard, trackball on the right. Couldn't live without it... :) -- Tim http://www.akwebsoft.com, http://www.tj49.com