From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Martin C.Atkins To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] p9 mice Message-Id: <20040415160910.428e5351.martin@parvat.com> In-Reply-To: <9FCC3C91.613D9488@mail.gmail.com> References: <200404141606.i3EG6egN011394@melkinkari.cs.helsinki.fi> <018701c42279$5de80350$45747d50@SOMA> <98271634.407BA074@mail.gmail.com> <20040415093650.209d0af0.martin@parvat.com> <9FCC3C91.613D9488@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 16:09:10 +0530 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 5c5d9508-eacd-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 22:13:51 -0700 Rob Pike wrote: > > How would one do it without losing most of the (non-)ergonomics? > > (the (...) depending on one's opinion) > > it's already done. the program is called acme. the chording is > just shortcuts, not added functionality. I suppose I was assuming that the non-chording alternatives to the chords were significantly less "convenient" than the chords - why else would the chords be there? So my question was: is there a way to be as convenient as the chords, without using chords? Has anyone any ideas? Charles' contribution implies that the answer might be "no". Which would be a perfectly reasonable answer to my question! However, the fact remains that I remember several people (not just Boyd) saying they don't/can't use chords, for various reasons. I'm neutral on that point, and would just say that "they certainly take some getting used to". Martin -- Martin C. Atkins martin@parvat.com Parvat Infotech Private Limited http://www.parvat.com{/,/martin}