From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: googleartist@yahoo.com (Artist) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: (Slightly Off-Topic) Emacs-like Office App Date: 31 Oct 2002 08:48:00 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Sender: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1036083105 26553 80.91.224.249 (31 Oct 2002 16:51:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 16:51:45 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 187IXo-0006tq-00 for ; Thu, 31 Oct 2002 17:51:44 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 187IXU-0003Mc-00; Thu, 31 Oct 2002 11:51:24 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 20 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 208.159.24.160 Original-X-Trace: posting.google.com 1036082880 12289 127.0.0.1 (31 Oct 2002 16:48:00 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 31 Oct 2002 16:48:00 GMT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:106625 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:3176 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:3176 bobstopper@australispro.com.au wrote in message news:... > Hi > > This isn't really a request for help with Emacs but a request for knowledge > on Applications inspired by Emacs, specifically office type Applications. > > I love how Emacs is so extensible and provides so many features due to its > use of modes and elisp. So what I'm (very idly at this stage) considering > is the idea of an office kinda suite (yeah, like M$) all within the one > program through the use of emacs style modes and retaining a lot of > extensibility through a lisp dialect (probably guile). I think your idea is very good!!, I support it. Tell me what's not accomplished in emacs, which is in MS office currently. May be many. We need more GUI style of things and enhanced modes. Artist