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From: carl@harlie.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Flat Displays and Portable Computers
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Date: Sat, 31-Jan-87 15:43:25 EST
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Posted: Sat Jan 31 15:43:25 1987
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> I would expect a few
> buttons for most used functions, and voice control/input for the rest.
	You don't want to rely on voice control/input.  I'm not so sure
today's technology can do that, though I may be behind in what I know
of it.  But can you imagine a professor lecturing a bunch of people
muttering into little microphones?  I would prefer the sound of fingers
whispering onto muffled keyboards myself.  
	Now what if all the keys on the keyboard (assume something
quiet with a feel like that of the IBM PC/AT's) had little LCD caps,
capable of displaying symbols?  You want a dvorak keyboard, you get a
dvorak keyboard.  You want a qwerty keyboard, you got one.  You hit
META in EMACS and the keys change to show what will happen depending
what key you hit.  (P'raps we should borrow from WordStar here and have
it display the choices if you don't hit a key in the next three
seconds.) Same thing using C-X, C-C.  NOT for M-x.  (All right, I'm
addicted to gnumacs.)  Rearrange the function keys any way you like.
--
Any ideas here are free for stealing.  I just want to see them implemented.
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