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The source is the cover of the manual for the first [[Incompatible Timesharing System|ITS]] [[Emacs]], and, at least to me, is clearly parodying Emacs' modifiers and space-cadet style keyboards. Worth including? --[[User talk:Gwern |Gwern]] [[Special:Contributions/Gwern | (contribs)]] 05:04 [[31 July]] [[2009]] (GMT) |
The source is the cover of the manual for the first [[Incompatible Timesharing System|ITS]] [[Emacs]], and, at least to me, is clearly parodying Emacs' modifiers and space-cadet style keyboards. Worth including? --[[User talk:Gwern |Gwern]] [[Special:Contributions/Gwern | (contribs)]] 05:04 [[31 July]] [[2009]] (GMT) |
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Why do super key and meta key have their own article but not hyper key? -[[User:NeF|NeF]] ([[User talk:NeF|talk]]) 16:44, 3 July 2010 (UTC) |
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Wow! I remember fondly my C64 and it's special "front" graphic characters. While the space-cadet is certainly over-the-top I think we could still use some of it's influence again. I am very dissapointed that the Alt key, for instance, has been co-opted for more "control" functions, while the function keys have faded in use.
Dates
Some dates would be educational. -- Beland 03:02, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
What do some of these keys do?
There are a lot of extra keys that aren't mentioned in this article:
- I, II, III, IV keys
- Rub Out (I think it's the equivalent of the modern Backspace)
- The hand keys
- Over Strike
- Line
There's a few more that could be expanded upon. —Scott5114↗ [EXACT CHANGE ONLY] 05:27, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
Bad References
The Jargon File reference link does not work and the given ISBN does not appear in any registry I tried. I would update it but the only Jargon File I ever use is the online one maintained by ESR. Zlynx (talk) 20:12, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
impact on other designs
Although it is commonly known, that Knight Keyboard influenced keystroke-oriented design of EMACS, the impact on early home computing industry shall also be mentioned: spoken above "front" characters of c-64, and most notably, the multi-mode 5-command keys of original Sinclair ZX Spectrum. Worth noticing: Knight Keyboard is "EMACS-Keyboard" and ZX-Spectrum one is "VI-Keyboard' (it uses modes instead of bucky bits) I lack proper knowledge to edit the article, but there maybe is someone willing to do that? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.212.82.66 (talk) 07:56, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
- Linkfix by 145.228.61.4 (talk) 13:21, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
ITS Emacs manual cover
See this picture: http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/its-cover.png
The source is the cover of the manual for the first ITS Emacs, and, at least to me, is clearly parodying Emacs' modifiers and space-cadet style keyboards. Worth including? --Gwern (contribs) 05:04 31 July 2009 (GMT)
Hyper Key
Why do super key and meta key have their own article but not hyper key? -NeF (talk) 16:44, 3 July 2010 (UTC)