From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9784138CD3 for ; Sun, 7 Jun 2015 14:47:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BA75BE08D4; Sun, 7 Jun 2015 14:46:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f173.google.com (mail-wi0-f173.google.com [209.85.212.173]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 76C67E0897 for ; Sun, 7 Jun 2015 14:46:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wiwd19 with SMTP id d19so61940799wiw.0 for ; Sun, 07 Jun 2015 07:46:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=GIeOY78mRDq7RIReWONGTXNraqo+zPkoS7BbLRxyuzA=; b=ZMfQ1CbghvTUjJq7Fq+rKQV0T0qQKZsE4FxpW4xE5UiM9rtUJaPJ/nQ3lV/Arr5jBv Cx7bk1gSVNMFrGJCcogCd1fNMuRi2rCDDLMer6y0HVyBH96NbYDSFYi3G+++sWwrS9H4 PX8vCtzMJfP6I7PQ+SWWtaJfMuLJMiIQUfc+LZIVJ0sYIdc77TTxmnxfucJoAsz9bX74 aCSdSfQfSEAkYuHHd9To4DjrhM+rlGAy3eKeMR0tyYAtbJx67IiXIJ5ZqqsLgWhgvczH j/5pPnxiOeg1LhkkvCcGk/KZz21HHyVlkoQ8EITaI7qc2dGtMas9Mzf5O9RP+R43r36M +NjA== X-Received: by 10.180.91.137 with SMTP id ce9mr13451979wib.76.1433688412482; Sun, 07 Jun 2015 07:46:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [172.20.0.40] (105-237-132-224.access.mtnbusiness.co.za. [105.237.132.224]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id vy5sm19774828wjc.33.2015.06.07.07.46.51 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sun, 07 Jun 2015 07:46:51 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5574595A.7040802@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 07 Jun 2015 16:46:50 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.7.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] which keymap and keyboard setup References: <87k2vhzvpg.fsf@heimdali.yagibdah.de> <20150606112245.GA3418@acm.fritz.box> <35843053.iAfbCQSfy4@wstn> <20150606145715.GD3418@acm.fritz.box> <87wpzfvfla.fsf@heimdali.yagibdah.de> In-Reply-To: <87wpzfvfla.fsf@heimdali.yagibdah.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 44ecac5a-377e-4a9f-b203-bdc723ee6818 X-Archives-Hash: 6f4c0fc6d0f31fadf0dc3611dd3630e1 On 07/06/2015 15:00, lee wrote: > Alan Mackenzie writes: > >> Hello, Peter >> >> On Sat, Jun 06, 2015 at 02:25:17PM +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: >>> On Saturday 06 June 2015 11:22:45 Alan Mackenzie wrote: >>>> :-) I have a Filco mechanical keyboard, which works well. Does your new >>>> keyboard need more desk space than a standard one? That would be a >>>> negative feature for me. >> >>> I wonder how much better these are than my 105-key Cherry with its mechanical >>> key switches. It isn't quiet, but it doesn't need to be since I'm the only one >>> here. I deliberately went for a proper keyboard rather than those nasty >>> rubber-sheet jobs. >> >> My Filco has Cherry keys in it. I seem to remember from researching it a >> few years back, Cherry keys come in several weights of action, and some >> of them have an audible click, some don't. An audible click would drive >> me crazy. > > Buckling springs buckle and rattle, they don't click --- I do like that > sound :) My trusty Model M, using which this very mail was typed, still buckles and rattles after god-only-knows how many years use[1]. I can use it as a stand-in cricket bat, or a weapon to fend off thieves in the night, and it will still buckle, rattle and type. I call that a quality keyboard. [1] And every legend on the keys is still perfect! I wonder if the legends are moulded all the way through. -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com