From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "H. Dieter Wilhelm" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Noob dumb question (extending emacs) Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2021 07:46:04 +0200 Message-ID: <86ilxsw8o3.fsf@duenenhof-wilhelm.de> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="2303"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.60 (gnu/linux) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Ivano Da Milano <18101982.ia@gmail.com> Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 20 07:46:53 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1md4RA-0000T3-Un for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 20 Oct 2021 07:46:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45398 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1md4R9-0000Qj-2j for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 20 Oct 2021 01:46:51 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:39542) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1md4QW-0000Pa-8y for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Oct 2021 01:46:12 -0400 Original-Received: from mout.kundenserver.de ([217.72.192.75]:53965) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1md4QT-0003bi-5S for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Oct 2021 01:46:11 -0400 Original-Received: from ping ([92.116.161.179]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (mreue109 [212.227.15.183]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 1MWzXj-1mEdgl10Ib-00XJ7g; Wed, 20 Oct 2021 07:46:06 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Ivano Da Milano's message of "Wed, 20 Oct 2021 00:12:39 +0200") X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:S3A7Hvq0GTCdOzXcsADtAprUrFUZeWflK3RoXIiaTBMGpCj3HZc dELCzPpzPbUx0ZEkF1NePLMBEmoorBZKtXdxM7GQAI9z60iyOnwiivW7y4n+tAXiUlf1WC3 ShKNfigy2Vabv4ZeDpvsCdu035jBhe92iYnO67S+9LT9hyb70qw85Co0Oz1xopcqPl7ghRt qSfElM636bqJ9hpByAAJA== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:bb7GQRTZKcI=:QjqZk6Ki0fqCE39c87nhrt V7aKEDGBT1YNGsW0oOBVQglk9xL9UOv7/8aSVJGNkBFsI9tpufz3xCepYzbyO3jvJc0OKH6iY DNdO2qMdzJLW+/ViimtyW4uuOHhHcpu56zBArq/HmZ+Y7m182Dx9nqOTHEU8qWWfKjXPFmeA/ 2/RgI5DpjqoeDwXNDoe4lghH3mwz1uF3OUWHDMcLoM0GA9I9N1ZpqM1HG6qVo4xH4hlPjGMQr FVeC1ep2AGdVjD5giHMLCc/i3Mq4oINKw/WIuCRJQU8iy05Cde11/NUpZDdJSRiH0FOnlAme4 sMX1aJmCRYrW+QM+3299d6Leyym7pF0J05SmAo1vfDIBbh3jDZn4hbD63nVS7yd5bv9/eJnCE rXes54MBR3pHRTrS5R4OXCB575HhtL6tKq9UwVs8N8KjIT0xXCnH4KySNiODPVsux1/EvJbtO PS0MJ6BvhcwrpEywg/tvWn5cJIghN1Q1tUV7cKD+xVh3mZUKNsNTgVrdbW0zlTwHmyw7la3EM ZCXbYC12szUDJoBjkwqyZSIl1XX+tkq4Xycuixuyd+ZeCiwjmN7tgMIrjyGa1U1fzByM2p2yJ 5BasWizP1GEviWZ/5sGFkEDVQCyfe8tCTJmNHMnHB36GfCw5BBr42OR38vEAH4Urmt8pHcY4J 3bjOGQjXPlhLX4Ccm5KsZ0TPhc6XLYMazBUVURqLL9hTWtTiYK3WHJyJYUJPCJRB8UpCVyOwH yOZ7gM2YcMQIcq+vpoYv/YvnfSfWio2WcUZrAaFy5EAEOCfaLz/kBVSB/vY= Received-SPF: none client-ip=217.72.192.75; envelope-from=dieter@duenenhof-wilhelm.de; helo=mout.kundenserver.de X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_NONE=0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:133902 Archived-At: Hello Ivano Gnu-Emacs can do a lot for you and often it can be accomplished in multiple ways or with multiple packages. I suggest to tackle one of your tasks after another and coming back with more concrete questions. By the way, on which OS is your Emacs running? Dieter Ivano Da Milano <18101982.ia@gmail.com> writes: > Hello everyone. > Please, be patient, as I'm totally new to emacs, but I'm told it can do a > lot more than just editing text. > So, I ask you, are the following possible? > And how to accomplish? (if possible, point me to a ready solution, because > I know nearly nothing about lisp) > > [un]zip/tar/rar/etc archives > ASCII Art - from image, but IIRC, there's an ASCII based paint program > Batch rename > Browser (like Lynx) > Scientific calculator > Calendar > Contacts manager > DBMS (SQL Client) > Diff/patch > File manager (like Midnight Commander) > FTP Client > Id3 tag editor > IRC client > Mail client > MIDI/Music Player > OffLine browser (like HTTrack) > random password generator > Project management > Speech recognition > Spreadsheet (like sc) > System clean > Task manager (like top) > Torrent > Transcoder (with FFMPeg) > TTS (with eSpeak) > Volume mixer (like AlsaMixer) > Wave editor (with SoX) > > Thanks in advance for any help. > -- Best wishes H. Dieter Wilhelm Zwingenberg, Germany