From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jason Earl Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: emacs vs vs.net Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 17:23:26 -0700 Organization: OWDS Inc. Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87d6ce6yrl.fsf@smtp.wegointer.net> References: <3f9f2256$1@news.microsoft.com> <87ekwvu4x3.fsf@smtp.wegointer.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1067561698 3998 80.91.224.253 (31 Oct 2003 00:54:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 00:54:58 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 31 01:54:57 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AFNZ2-00074K-00 for ; Fri, 31 Oct 2003 01:54:57 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AFNRW-0005WV-7g for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 30 Oct 2003 19:47:10 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-nf2-pas!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsfeed.news2me.com!newshosting.com!news-xfer1.atl.newshosting.com!uunet!dca.uu.net!ash.uu.net!news.chatlink.com!192.168.1.1!nobody Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 43 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 01-047.145.popsite.net Original-X-Trace: news.chatlink.com 1067560857 6397 64.24.98.47 (31 Oct 2003 00:40:57 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@chatlink.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 00:40:57 +0000 (UTC) Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAAGFBMVEWBYEmNk38dGBO61cqt xb0GBAVrSTmet681sg1nAAACZUlEQVR4nGWUQXPaQAyFBW23Vy8QuMY7tXONs55yDeOd+pp6Zjkv kIhrHFz271eSF0Kny4FBz/s+SZaAOJ6Z9/4+3hxwctqCBP/qPg80rm6aesNx/9s19EmClfMkQndq xp/0KIyOdyL4hxvG+PXGbF1s/4Mz+4utzCLlwnDrXLNmnx99dXcgd8v5JHgl6FX/lNvLGa1+iWDm 5y5G52J7hX+IYPsMvv8DH/6MZRx1ll/o4AjWjGW8/PTb6Zzorr5UXvjLKS94sPTAxpir0qVSBL7E sL8q+Sf8HUOAt4uw1a5tXUttdzUCwFKibLlbpLZX8wxgojkBg/vC55r6zvBKVSx8I3AAtSdhGOG2 PwBk2ZTjAKrY6pXAN9b2UQNMfTlJgnbDAM1zf6piz0IAgql9RwLDlwSIsdezDpHSU95P9GtNcBTB rj/uYQIYqJ4cSh4GQ2Q9n5yeGA2Urn/RxZHeR6eIuXsMSrGVktrf8hYqT/1QOHAYU88m086RcK9I OJwDS0FxA/JZN4e175Qi6DmAWLGwnfkDxMKXEHBfMptMC+pjB5QZD6FB06EkRfUxpSTBje+baxMh oLyZHMZBp6oVhykN7JMgU1iqwAJdQ5SZeaC2F3KBrTjhMsSz3JDdKJGtKG5MuYsDvbMjDUPlt6ux scil0CI+++4rD9xsV2FAKUMj0ijYO6qchLp5TFWQjnVt7RrHNWjPqQpy28m49WkNliEJiMfbNXhO TpzXYrjZ8/eLE6iSg7SXVuCLLBkZLBsaf1kD2pFNdFkSzPWPhuF6oJkTI2OONzvY6xNdXWeSrBti 27aUwF/EgCTcQuPmqQAAAABJRU5ErkJggg== User-Agent: Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:9k4mY1IrsNYjB7yr2jXh9+LxXiw= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:117744 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 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 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:13680 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:13680 Vagn Johansen writes: > Vagn Johansen writes: > >> Jason Earl writes: >> >>> Actually, if you read a *lot* of email, then Emacs >>> probably would be helpful as well. Gnus has all >>> sorts of tools for plowing through huge piles of >>> email, and the fact that you never have to take >>> your hands off of the keyboard to get everything >>> done makes a big difference. >> >> What tools are those? >> >> Gnus does support searching in multiple groups. > > That should have been "Gnus does NOT support searching in multiple > groups." For searching I use find and grep :). I wade through hundreds of emails a day (not counting spam). For me the biggest advantages of Gnus over other email clients I have used is the ability to quickly skim through groups without having to touch the mouse. 'k' will kill useless threads, space will page through a message 'A n' adds a task to my planner.el files (with a link to the message in question). Lately I have been thinking about adding in Remembrance agent http://www.remem.org/ to the mix. The Remembrance Agent (Remem) is an Emacs plug-in that watches over your shoulder and suggests information relevant to what you're reading or writing. While search engines help with direct recall, Remem is a tool for associative memory. Suggested documents are displayed in a buffer at the bottom of your Emacs window, and are updated every few seconds based on the last hundred or so words surrounding the cursor. I suppose if I used my inbox as a knowledge base I might be more interested in searching. Even so, Gnus has some pretty compelling tools. Jason