From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kin Cho Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: emacs for everything? Date: 14 Nov 2004 23:06:53 -0800 Message-ID: <7ik6snd20i.fsf@fabric7.com> References: <10pg1ivp03kqa69@corp.supernews.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1100502714 5029 80.91.229.6 (15 Nov 2004 07:11:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 07:11:54 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 15 08:11:51 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CTb1j-000561-00 for ; Mon, 15 Nov 2004 08:11:51 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CTbAQ-0005i5-5s for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 15 Nov 2004 02:20:50 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news1.google.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 11 Original-X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de sXmBxpl+6r/WE7TKwhgzngmub+q0DkFhoPD2xzoWDemPj0FWp5 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:126595 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:21990 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:21990 > I know there are threads about creating an os with forth, lisp, perl, > etc., what about emacs? Not creating the os, but rather doing everything > from within emacs: mail, news, shells, browsing, etc. I know these > things all work, but what about using emacs as a 'way of life' sort > of thing? Browsing? As in web-browsing? I think it will be a long time before a emacs-based browser would work as well as one of the popular web browsers. -kin