keyboard (old reply)

[Logical Language Group <lojbab@ACCESS.DIGEX.NET>]

>   Firstly, is {batkyta'o} = button-board a sensible word for
>   keyboard?
>
>You are asking if the following makes sense for what you want:
>
>  a button/knob/[handle] type of board/plank
>         [3-dimensional long flat rectangle]

To me, the essence of a keyboard is neither its shape nor its collection
of buttons.  Rather it is

lerfu-select-device
lercu'aca'a

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