From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10ad19,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10ad19,public X-Google-Thread: 101deb,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 107a89,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid107a89,public X-Google-Thread: 1073c2,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid1073c2,public X-Google-Thread: 11440e,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid11440e,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-05 08:26:16 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!194.149.160.21.MISMATCH!newsfeed2!psinet-france!psiuk-f4!psiuk-p4!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.awk,comp.lang.clarion,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.pl1,comp.lang.vrml Subject: Re: Long names are doom ? Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 10:52:10 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9firmt$482$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <3B0DBD4A.82943473@my-deja.net> <3B0DD011.88FCD00E@acm.org> <83WP6.3874$yc6.728572@news.xtra.co.nz> <3B1411D0.3AAF42E7@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> <9f2nks$ibd$0@dosa.alt.net> <3B177EF7.2A2470F4@facilnet.es> <9f8b7b$h0e$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9f8r0i$lu3$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B1CECCA.65285DB3@dresdner-bank.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 136.170.200.133 X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 991752733 4354 136.170.200.133 (5 Jun 2001 14:52:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 5 Jun 2001 14:52:13 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ruby:10395 comp.lang.ada:8171 comp.lang.awk:2775 comp.lang.clarion:21117 comp.lang.java.programmer:73716 comp.lang.pl1:770 comp.lang.vrml:3502 Date: 2001-06-05T14:52:13+00:00 List-Id: Things like underscores or hyphens or whatever are really substitutes for the space key. I'd like someone to build a keyboard that had a split-space-bar (or shift-space?) and have an editor map one side of the space bar to the "non-space-space" for the language at hand. (usually underscore, but IIRC, Jovial used the tick'mark as its virtual space...) I think it would be more convenient than the usual shift-stretch one has to do to get the underscore character... MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ "James Kanze" wrote in message news:3B1CECCA.65285DB3@dresdner-bank.com... > Pete Thompson wrote: > > That might be true for a C/C++ (or Java) programmer. I doubt that it > is a problem for an Ada programmer, however -- the _ is about the only > key he needs to hit with his pinky. (In practice, I've not found > using the pinky to be a problem. The contorsions required by native > emacs, yes, but viper mode solves that.) >