Excellent flight simulator, but no equipment to simulate the cockpit - Was: How to disable all "keyboard shortcuts"

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sun, 2022-08-14 at 01:06 +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
> On 13/8/22 23:55, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
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> > Just imagine a plane in emergency and there would be the need to pilot
> > the plane by a vi/m or emacs alike user interface.
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> Whilst it is a digression, I am not sure - it is some years since I 
> played with it, but, from memory, a free flight simulator that I played 
> with, operated something like that, I think. I think it might have been 
> Flightgear - I am not sure - it was a while ago. It was key 
> combinations, or, key presses, to do things, not ever having had a joystick.

Yes, you can use even a good flight simulator with the input devices an
averaged desktop computer provides. Instead of appropriate controls to
fly a pane you have to use freakish keyboard shortcuts. This is just a
workaround for the missing controls required to pilot a plane.

If you use Nano or even better a GUI editor like Xed or Pluma or even an
modern IDE, there's no need for special controls. Maybe vi/m and emacs
are comfortable to use with the controls needed to pilot a plane. If so,
I still consider the user interface design of vi/m and emacs as
absolutely outdated.

> I have always wanted to fly, and, flight simulator software, is the
> only legal way that I can fly a plane.

I'm playing the smallest violin in the world for you right now. I'm
quite sure out there in Australia you have a chance to fly a plane
without a license and a good chance to get away without bearing the
consequences.

Here in the German Ruhrgebiet we might have the opportunity to fly a
plane without a license, too, but there's absolutely no way to get away
without bearing the consequences. Immediately after landing you will be
greeted by a welcoming committee. Even if we could pay for a pilot's
licence one time, it expires if we can't pay for enough flying hours,
landing fees and all this expensive things.