From: dboyd2@mmm.com (J. David Boyd)
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Campaign for Tablet which runs Emacs closes soon
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 08:27:14 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <gjubwq5z7hzh.fsf@W0144758.usac.mmm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 877fy0yzss.fsf@robertthorpeconsulting.com
Robert Thorpe <rt@robertthorpeconsulting.com> writes:
> Marcin Borkowski <mbork@wmi.amu.edu.pl> writes:
>> Notice that in the traditional setting, you have the keyboard /and/ the
>> mouse, so if you want to use the mouse, you have to move your hands a
>> lot (=ineffective). On a tablet, you only have the touchscreen, so it's
>> much more natural to use these gestures.
>>
>> In general, tablets seem to be good when you /consume/ information, not
>> /produce/ it. But Emacs is useful at that, too.
>
> Many tablets these days can use external keyboards, so they can be used
> like laptops. These keyboards come in cases that hold the tablet. This
> does potentially have an advantage: you have one device that's both
> tablet and laptop. If you just want to read something you can leave the
> keyboard at home, but it's there if you want to do more.
>
> I haven't tried this setup yet, but a friend of mine uses it.
>
> BR,
> Robert Thorpe
A friend of mine has a Samsung brand of Android tablet. Gets about 8 hours
battery life. When he connects the keyboard, it adds ~7 more hours batter
life. That's the kind of keyboard I would like.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-12-10 13:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-12-05 17:29 Campaign for Tablet which runs Emacs closes soon Rainer Hansen
2014-12-05 17:50 ` J. David Boyd
2014-12-05 20:21 ` Marcin Borkowski
2014-12-05 20:42 ` Drew Adams
2014-12-05 21:18 ` Marcin Borkowski
2014-12-05 21:27 ` Drew Adams
2014-12-06 0:03 ` Artur Malabarba
2014-12-06 18:47 ` Alan Schmitt
2014-12-06 21:03 ` Milan Zamazal
2014-12-05 21:22 ` Marcin Borkowski
2014-12-09 17:00 ` J. David Boyd
2014-12-09 18:20 ` Marcin Borkowski
2014-12-10 3:00 ` Robert Thorpe
2014-12-10 13:27 ` J. David Boyd [this message]
2014-12-11 2:58 ` Robert Thorpe
2014-12-11 15:18 ` J. David Boyd
2014-12-11 20:26 ` Bob Proulx
2014-12-12 15:16 ` J. David Boyd
2014-12-06 0:05 ` Artur Malabarba
[not found] ` <mailman.15340.1417810943.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-12-10 22:41 ` Anssi Saari
[not found] <mailman.15329.1417800918.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-12-06 4:16 ` photobugsm
2014-12-06 16:19 ` Norbert Melzer
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