From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: stan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: what is the important uses of emacs lisp? Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 12:32:15 -0400 Organization: home Message-ID: References: <86tzdeynug.fsf@timbral.net> <87iqttc06l.fsf@hubble.informatimago.com> <48b005d2$1@news.greennet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1219509697 23100 80.91.229.12 (23 Aug 2008 16:41:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:41:37 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 23 18:42:29 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KWwBv-0007bK-EA for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:42:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58304 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KWwAx-0004qx-RA for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 23 Aug 2008 12:41:19 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local02.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.comcast.com!news.comcast.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:35:09 -0500 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.0 (Linux) Original-Lines: 14 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.127.40.113 Original-X-Trace: sv3-o1KV6rjGf98bl0kLB2f3KxK+nKXZusS5zLJDnej1arhe8LGl7qcoPOR9tza62qKn2LbNxoSamfsojSu!YFeW5JVWcW/srN5N4wpRjRO6rgax7ZSZtU3WPGNh/o87Fc8/2cc2A+EMZgruWkTaZdeG5p2/Tt3C!mLo41w== Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: dmca@comcast.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.39 Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:161569 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:56913 Archived-At: Ken Goldman wrote: > stan wrote: >> >> ... after awhile the tech discovered the woman stepping on the >> mouse just like she did with the pedal on her sewing machine but the >> computer just wouldn't start. > > Circling back to emacs, I can remember emacs users proposing a keyboard > with foot pedals for the control and alt keys. I like it. Maybe we could also get a button you hit with your forehead for parentheses. That way I'd probably get better at touch typing the things. I'm sure my current parentheses skill and lisp are one day going to result in nasal demons.