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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [OT] Unicode meets Scheme strings draft


From: Andrew Suffield
Subject: Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [OT] Unicode meets Scheme strings draft
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 03:44:00 +0000
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On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 07:49:04PM -0800, Tom Lord wrote:
> 
>     > From: "Mark A. Flacy" <address@hidden>
> 
>     > >>>>> "Tom" == Tom Lord <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>     > Tom> Hmm.
> 
>     > Tom>        Control
>     > Tom>        Shift
>     > Tom>        Meta
>     > Tom>        Alt
>     > Tom>        Hyper
>     > Tom>        ???         Gratuitous?
> 
>     > Left foot pedal
> 
>     > Tom>        ???         Excessive?
> 
>     > Right foot pedal
> 
>     > Tom>        ???              Ridiculous?
> 
>     > Tongue switch
> 
>     > :-)
> 
> Smiley acknowledged but, you know -- that's a pretty good reason to
> have more buckybits than you expect to use on a normal keyboard.  You
> can map "exotic" input devices onto them.  Some people might really
> appreciate that extra space: being able to set up bindings for, e.g.,
> their mouthstick that don't collide the keyboard-oriented bindings.
> Perhaps it's nicer than "please make your input device emulate a
> keyboard".

My Libretto (subnotebook form factor) is configured with two controls,
two shifts, a meta, an alt, a hyper, and a super. The configuration
might not be the most common but it's feasible on most modern devices
already.

[On top of that, it has a compose and the extra keys used for japanese
input (since it's a jp106 layout), but those aren't modifiers].

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