Re: [9fans] Samterm up down key patch

["Noah Evans" <noah.evans@gmail.com>]

Russ,

Would you or another acme wizard, be willing to put up a screen cast
of what you guys consider to be good acme and sam usage? I for one
would be very interested in seeing that, and it would do a lot of good
quieting the inevitable "mouse vs keyboard" arguments that pop up on
9fans every couple of months or so.

Noah

On 11/15/06, Russ Cox <rsc@swtch.com> wrote:
> If you want to do everything with the keyboard,
> you know where to find Emacs.
> This mail is a good summary of the mouse timing argument:
> http://9fans.net/archive/2002/04/313
>
> When I'm doing a lot of typing and mouse motion
> at the same time, I typically just type with one hand
> and leave the other hand on the mouse.
> It's not as fast but it's just fine.
>
> In response to Lyndon's comment about chording
> on a scroll wheel mouse, yes you definitely don't
> want to do that.  It's well worth it to buy a good mouse.
> I used to swear by the three-button Logitech ones
> (I still have a stash) but now I prefer the IBM
> three-button + scroll knob that has been mentioned
> on the list before.
> http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-39116
> Also IBM makes external mouse/keyboards with the
> 3-button thinkpad trackpoints on them.
>
> Russ
>