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by bsdshepherd 4291 days ago
> Perhaps we could even reuse previous symbols

You do. The symbol is given meaning by context.

> who would have thought of such an idea.

That would be me.

> genius

Weed, caffeine, and sleep deprivation. Staring at Harris mainframe assembly language core dumps on reams of green bar paper... does things to a man. ;-)

HTML5 and Unicode are wonderful toys. Go play. My notes and early efforts on this go back to 1979. Anyone is welcome to them. It does take quite a bit of effort to transmit, so patience is a virtue here.

(P.S. Don't overlook color.)

(P.P.S. Or animation.)

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Edit: You'd be surprised how easy input becomes. It removes a huge mental load from context switching (e.g. hitting the same button to get Control F4, Control W, Apple W, Alt F Alt C, etc.).

Use a few touchpads which can change the symbols based on current context, and baby - you got a stew goin'.

Take care.

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I've been working on similar stuff here: http://joshondesign.com/2014/08/22/typopl
Wait. Who are you? I'd love to see you notes on this stuff from the 70s and 80s.