Re: Modifier Keys and the Archaic Meta Key, term keyboard becoming archaic soon

[Christopher Dimech]

> virtual repetitive strain injury.

C* That's a good one. I wonder what they would have to say! :)


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> Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 at 3:37 PM
> From: "Jean Louis" <bugs@gnu.support>
> To: "Christopher Dimech" <dimech@gmx.com>
> Cc: "Help Gnu Emacs" <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>, "Francis Belliveau" 
> <f.belliveau@comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: Modifier Keys and the Archaic Meta Key, term keyboard becoming 
> archaic soon
>
> - keyboard
>
> For  the reason  that there  are so  many computers  today
> without keyboards, it would be  very late to change M-x to
> something   else,  as   keyboards   will  soon   disappear
> as well. All the work of changing the M-x terminology will
> be in vain.
>
> * Overview of noun keyboard
>
> The noun keyboard has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
>
> 1. (2) keyboard -- (device consisting  of a set of keys on
> a piano or  organ or typewriter or  typesetting machine or
> computer or the like)
>
> 15. key  -- (a lever  (as in  a keyboard) that  actuates a
> mechanism when depressed)
>
> On  billions of  computers  today like  tables and  phones
> there is  no mechanism and  there is  no lever on  so many
> mobile devices that use virtual "keyboards". Same trend is
> expected  to come  to what  is called  "desktop" computers
> (desktop may be obsolete as well).
>
> Those who report bugs for Emacs while using mobile devices
> such as tablets and phones  should be seriously warned not
> to use the obsolete term "keyboard".
>
> Neither  the  Emacs manual  nor  Emacs  was ever  made  to
> support "virtual keyboards".
>
> Users of mobile devices should be disadvised to send Emacs
> complaints  while using  the incorrect  and obsolete  term
> "keyboard" as  that increases chances of  blame that Emacs
> key  bindings cause  repetitive strain  injureis. Finally,
> there are no  key bindings on such  devices simply because
> they do not have keys.
>
> Those  getting repetitive  strain injuries  on a  "virtual
> keyboard"  shall be  diagnosed  having virtual  repetitive
> strain injury.
>
> It will be questionable if  that will be justification for
> a sick pay.
>
>
>