From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: dboyd2@mmm.com (J. David Boyd) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Campaign for Tablet which runs Emacs closes soon Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 12:00:47 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87r3wdaluy.fsf@wmi.amu.edu.pl> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1418144559 7072 80.91.229.3 (9 Dec 2014 17:02:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 17:02:39 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 09 18:02:32 2014 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 1XyOBB-0005lh-PU for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 09 Dec 2014 18:02:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41506 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XyOBA-00011Z-Pz for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 09 Dec 2014 12:02:28 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33427) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XyO9s-0007hz-CO for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Dec 2014 12:01:14 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XyO9m-0000Op-BQ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Dec 2014 12:01:08 -0500 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:54488) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XyO9m-0000Ob-4R for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Dec 2014 12:01:02 -0500 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XyO9k-0004vj-LP for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Dec 2014 18:01:00 +0100 Original-Received: from 169.15.136.127 ([169.15.136.127]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 09 Dec 2014 18:01:00 +0100 Original-Received: from dboyd2 by 169.15.136.127 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 09 Dec 2014 18:01:00 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 27 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 169.15.136.127 User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (cygwin) Cancel-Lock: sha1:KXN7fGMtCeQ+lclk+bE+nvsoaVQ= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 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:101488 Archived-At: Marcin Borkowski writes: > On 2014-12-05, at 18:50, J. David Boyd wrote: > >> Don't really see the point of Emacs on a tablet. Without a keyboard it would >> feel useless to me, as a virtual keyboard is never going to be good enough. > > 1. Orgmode. > > 2. Never? Seriously? For the next 20-30 years, maybe. ;-) > > 3. Imagine that in Emacs 27 (for instance), you will be able to bind > commands not only to keys and clicks etc., but also to swipes, pinches, > gestures etc. Then, why not? > >> Dave > > Best, I don't do things like that now with my mouse and different browsers that support it. I yank my hands around too much to have them be initiating commands. But I do see your point. Dave