From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Filipp Gunbin Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: What are Emacs best uses? Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 16:27:27 +0400 Message-ID: <86siyd22ts.fsf@w2139spb.ru.yotateam.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1376396905 23731 80.91.229.3 (13 Aug 2013 12:28:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 12:28:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Dan Espen Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 13 14:28:26 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1V9Di3-0003Ho-Eq for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 13 Aug 2013 14:28:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56949 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V9Di3-0003zk-17 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 13 Aug 2013 08:28:23 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48377) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V9Dhl-0003yx-LN for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Aug 2013 08:28:12 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V9Dhc-0007Bk-54 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Aug 2013 08:28:05 -0400 Original-Received: from out3-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.27]:52613) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V9Dhb-0007BI-PP for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Aug 2013 08:27:56 -0400 Original-Received: from compute6.internal (compute6.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.46]) by gateway1.nyi.mail.srv.osa (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DBE020B23; Tue, 13 Aug 2013 08:27:39 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from frontend2 ([10.202.2.161]) by compute6.internal (MEProxy); Tue, 13 Aug 2013 08:27:39 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=fastmail.fm; h= from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :mime-version:content-type; s=mesmtp; bh=Aks2+n6FkfBLkYqEIlaOYa4 xFCk=; b=TtaQJvkdtbVzLbM3QQZVPQabiHkVNDQ7f+PTjZbQPSCkKFQVfOPHtSS PdCwAOGCFFEe+Ry4BYzPOltop2NCSAaIU3oGs+Xj2wwiTZnGAtTzqA3INMljPnjR 1CjNOmuXWAQcJ4SNVcueHK15eZKJs/aw32zZxJk3uiwxowbb8c14= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:mime-version:content-type; s=smtpout; bh=Aks2+n 6FkfBLkYqEIlaOYa4xFCk=; b=t4R0B1dDMC5XWujxg8ZmnI3S3DkGkxDLrCRPr3 0lOTO5sRweXoFzEpt2RpI1SeqHj3MePvEUY5AgFjjEhDj61qe3s5aX8nbS6s9dwV AOnvndQstD/Kd0+vRW7cyYmb1M+pzg+IHwalM3aw2GY0N1cRIdtFFCJPUK/8R/g3 JQv0I= X-Sasl-enc: eiRJgFSkmRk7GS4RcbOXAr1dt42FV/GOu8TteSO4RFaT 1376396859 Original-Received: from w2139spb.ru.yotateam.com (unknown [94.25.210.15]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id E801D68009A; Tue, 13 Aug 2013 08:27:38 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Dan Espen's message of "Tue, 13 Aug 2013 07:52:04 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.1299999999999999 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (cygwin) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 66.111.4.27 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:92837 Archived-At: On 13/08/2013 15:52 +0400, Dan Espen wrote: > Jorge <1gato0a@gmail.com> writes: > >> Hi. What are the best uses of Emacs? I currently use it to compose emails, >> manage files, to edit LaTeX, and to edit source code and configuration files. >> But Emacs seems to be mediocre at viewing PDFs. Evince has better search. >> >> What is Emacs really good for? Is it a good personal information manager? >> Can you manage your information (todo, grocery list, etc.) and sync with a >> smartphone? If you can't sync with a smartphone, how do you manage the >> grocery list? >> >> Is it a good calendar? Can you easily collaborate with colleagues who use >> Google Calendar? >> >> Is it a good email reader? Does it work with gmail? > > I pull my gmail account with fetchmail, then read with GNUS. It's also possible to fetch mail via imap directly in Gnus, more on that in "(gnus) Mail Sources" info node. I switched to this method from fetchmail. Filipp