Re: Re: Re: [9fans] release -1 of smacme

["David Leimbach" <leimy2k@gmail.com>]

> > The same argument holds for why pointing and clicking the mouse 30
> > lines down is faster than hitting down 30 times so I don't see that as
> > a violation of the spirit of what Acme is supposed to be very good at.
> >
> > The original author may disagree with me.
> >
> > The snarf comment was just an attempt to get "smacked" ;-).  The fact
> > that I have mouse chording alone means that this feature would have
> > been duplicate and probably not as good as what's already there.
> I wouldn't mind a shortcut to paste. When snarfing, the hand is
> already on the mouse anyway, but if I want to paste multiple times
> over time, I'd like to do it with hands on the keyboard.

This is one of those times where a personal preference may make you
really want to make this change.  Ron's code is out there :-).

Honestly, I find chording fits in better with my workflow.  In fact,
I've often wondered why the chording keyboard never made it.  Douglas
Englebart seemed to like it.

Seems like the sort of thing geeks would drool over if they could master it :-)

I mean, my mother who was a typist used foot pedals for dictation
machines, why'd she have all the cool shortcuts?

I should talk to my EE buddies and see if we can make such a thing
someday, unless people know of a good chording keyboard that already
exists.

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> > Dave
> >
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