From: Ken Goldman <kgoldman@us.ibm.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: What are Emacs best uses?
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 10:51:59 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <kug5hk$f6p$1@ger.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJR3QndE8ZbEMGxST435=PWU7ce5StJOOUMQZMxRKNEuMsaa+A@mail.gmail.com>
I use it for __text__ editing. I don't use it for web browsing, pdf or
image viewing, etc.
For many applications, coding in C, Java, scripting, makefiles, email,
documentation, ..., there is probably some point tool that works
slightly better. But emacs does all of them quite well, and it runs
everywhere, so you only have to learn one editor.
On 8/12/2013 1:05 PM, Jorge wrote:
> 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.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-08-14 14:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-08-12 17:05 What are Emacs best uses? Jorge
2013-08-12 18:52 ` Peter Dyballa
2013-08-13 4:04 ` Charles Philip Chan
2013-08-17 14:11 ` Jorge
2013-08-17 20:20 ` Charles Philip Chan
2013-08-18 10:31 ` Jorge
2013-08-19 11:09 ` Phillip Lord
2013-08-19 20:21 ` Charles Philip Chan
2013-08-19 2:46 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2013-08-13 11:30 ` Phillip Lord
2013-08-13 14:43 ` Drew Adams
2013-08-13 16:05 ` W. Greenhouse
2013-08-14 8:21 ` Thomas Shannon
2013-08-15 14:41 ` W. Greenhouse
2013-08-16 9:49 ` Thomas Shannon
2013-08-14 14:51 ` Ken Goldman [this message]
2013-08-14 19:04 ` Nikolay Kudryavtsev
2013-08-19 13:52 ` Luca Ferrari
[not found] ` <mailman.340.1376920365.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-08-19 14:04 ` Sebastien Vauban
2013-08-19 14:35 ` Luca Ferrari
[not found] ` <mailman.342.1376922920.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-08-20 8:25 ` Sebastien Vauban
2013-08-20 10:56 ` Luca Ferrari
[not found] ` <mailman.401.1376996210.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-08-20 12:44 ` Sebastien Vauban
2013-08-21 1:58 ` Jason Rumney
2013-08-21 6:25 ` Luca Ferrari
[not found] <mailman.3062.1376327401.12400.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-08-12 18:08 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2013-08-12 18:45 ` Andreas Röhler
2013-08-13 13:34 ` Joe Corneli
2013-08-13 1:52 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-13 3:29 ` Rustom Mody
2013-08-13 11:52 ` Dan Espen
2013-08-13 12:27 ` Filipp Gunbin
[not found] ` <mailman.3116.1376396894.12400.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-08-13 12:33 ` Dan Espen
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