Quote/Cytat - Marcel Schneider <charupd...@orange.fr> (Sat 18 Jul 2015
04:33:23 PM CEST):
On 16 Jul 2015, at 23:59:24 +0100, Eli Zaretskii wrote: wrote:
FWIW, I do that a lot, because the number of convenient input methods
in Emacs far outnumbers what I have on MS-Windows. For example, if I
have to type Russian with no Russian keyboard available, the
cyrillic-translit input method is a life savior.
You might wish also to use the Windows on-screen keyboard which
allows to see what's exactly on each key while typing on whatever
physical keyboard, without any need to have the keycap labels match
the layout. This on-screen keyboard is built-in, only it does not
support Kana shift states.
Likewise Windows came to me along with all that is needed to type Ἐν
ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος, so I canʼt really believe that users need Emacs as
a savior.
cyrillic-translit and most other Emacs input methods are more
convenient than on-screen keyboard, especially if you don't like to
use mouse and your goal is to get the text into Emacs :-)
When process garbage is an environmental issue, one might consider
that our real savior is Notepad++, thanks to its energy saving
algorithms. Indeed I do not think that we should get supplemental
input facilities at any price. This is why, too, the goal should be
to pack a reasonably large subset of Unicode into the very core of
the keyboard driver of every locale, and make it accessible right
there with a Compose tree.
I don't think it would be practical.
Every time we open charmap dialogs or even go on the internet to
pick a character, weʼre consuming some energy,
Agreed.
and if itʼs a routine task that could be done with a memorized
Memorizing also requires some effort and energy.
Compose sequence, that energy is wasted. I donʼt know if itʼs a real
issue, but Iʼm likely to believe it is.
Of course we need some software as a savior, but this software is
consequently called Zotero and helps us save and manage our research
results (“Search, not re-search!” https://www.zotero.org).
I have nothing against Zotero, but its mention here seems completely
irrelevant.
Best regards
Janusz
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Lingwistyki Formalnej)
Prof. Janusz S. Bień - University of Warsaw (Formal Linguistics Department)
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