Re: Stuck in analysis paralysis

Dean <canadacow@gmail.com> writes:

> I have a new Meta key widget for the Ctrl/Shift/
> Tab/etc keys. This will be an iPhone specific thing as the iPad
> should have plenty of real estate for a full, enhanced keyboard (and
> other fancy details under NDA). Check out an example of the Meta key
> widget here: http://www.zinger-soft.com/MetaKeyPie.png My goal here
> is to move the Ctrl/Shift/Tab/etc buttons from a bar to the top to a
> user triggerable component, much like the Key Pie Widget so as to
> reclaim the space used by the top button bar.
>
> So this meta key widget, in conjunction with the completely
> configurable key pie widget, are all one should need to control a
> terminal. But how to get to it? I've contemplated a two finger tap-
> and-hold (just one more finger than the key pie), but that seems a
> little too cryptic for simple keys like Ctrl/Alt. I've contemplated a
> transparent button in the corner, very much like the keyboard/arrow
> key triggers in the VNC and X Server window.

I would like to note that at least 50% of the time I am using issh, I am
working inside an Emacs. (vi would be a better match for issh, but I
grew up on Emacs keybindings.) I end up typing things like 'ESC b ESC b
ESC b' a lot. I would really hate to have a widget that disappeared
after each keypress such that I would have to bring it back up again.
In the same vein, anything that requires "hold" slows things down
immensely. Please keep this usage pattern in mind during design. (The
transparent button idea seems fine. How would it interact with
cut/paste functionality?)

--
Michael Welsh Duggan
(md5i@md5i.com)

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