From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Espen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: What are Emacs best uses? Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 07:52:04 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1376394916 937 80.91.229.3 (13 Aug 2013 11:55:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 11:55:16 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 13 13:55:19 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 1V9DC0-00067t-Dq for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 13 Aug 2013 13:55:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42086 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V9DC0-0005bn-4M for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 13 Aug 2013 07:55:16 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.kjsl.com!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 20 Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="2b4d99857b7659717d3b28a24c766d4c"; logging-data="778"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+tBvh/SAown8nJCnSy17fpUPvuws3wrJI=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:el2NAqjZsOoeE3sUv/2xU55Q+f0= sha1:zf77+WC801gYMKZcx8bmjKSYHI8= Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:200570 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:92836 Archived-At: 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. -- Dan Espen