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Re: Campaign for Tablet which runs Emacs closes soon
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J. David Boyd |
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Re: Campaign for Tablet which runs Emacs closes soon |
Date: |
Wed, 10 Dec 2014 08:27:14 -0500 |
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Robert Thorpe <rt@robertthorpeconsulting.com> writes:
> Marcin Borkowski <mbork@wmi.amu.edu.pl> writes:
>> Notice that in the traditional setting, you have the keyboard /and/ the
>> mouse, so if you want to use the mouse, you have to move your hands a
>> lot (=ineffective). On a tablet, you only have the touchscreen, so it's
>> much more natural to use these gestures.
>>
>> In general, tablets seem to be good when you /consume/ information, not
>> /produce/ it. But Emacs is useful at that, too.
>
> Many tablets these days can use external keyboards, so they can be used
> like laptops. These keyboards come in cases that hold the tablet. This
> does potentially have an advantage: you have one device that's both
> tablet and laptop. If you just want to read something you can leave the
> keyboard at home, but it's there if you want to do more.
>
> I haven't tried this setup yet, but a friend of mine uses it.
>
> BR,
> Robert Thorpe
A friend of mine has a Samsung brand of Android tablet. Gets about 8 hours
battery life. When he connects the keyboard, it adds ~7 more hours batter
life. That's the kind of keyboard I would like.
- RE: Campaign for Tablet which runs Emacs closes soon, (continued)
- RE: Campaign for Tablet which runs Emacs closes soon, Drew Adams, 2014/12/05
- Re: Campaign for Tablet which runs Emacs closes soon, Marcin Borkowski, 2014/12/05
- RE: Campaign for Tablet which runs Emacs closes soon, Drew Adams, 2014/12/05
- Re: Campaign for Tablet which runs Emacs closes soon, Artur Malabarba, 2014/12/05
- Re: Campaign for Tablet which runs Emacs closes soon, Alan Schmitt, 2014/12/06
- Re: Campaign for Tablet which runs Emacs closes soon, Milan Zamazal, 2014/12/06
- Re: Campaign for Tablet which runs Emacs closes soon, Marcin Borkowski, 2014/12/05
- Re: Campaign for Tablet which runs Emacs closes soon, J. David Boyd, 2014/12/09
- Re: Campaign for Tablet which runs Emacs closes soon, Marcin Borkowski, 2014/12/09
- Re: Campaign for Tablet which runs Emacs closes soon, Robert Thorpe, 2014/12/09
- Re: Campaign for Tablet which runs Emacs closes soon,
J. David Boyd <=
- Re: Campaign for Tablet which runs Emacs closes soon, Robert Thorpe, 2014/12/10
- Re: Campaign for Tablet which runs Emacs closes soon, J. David Boyd, 2014/12/11
- Re: Campaign for Tablet which runs Emacs closes soon, Bob Proulx, 2014/12/11
- Re: Campaign for Tablet which runs Emacs closes soon, J. David Boyd, 2014/12/12
Re: Campaign for Tablet which runs Emacs closes soon, Artur Malabarba, 2014/12/05
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