From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tyler Smith Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: OT -- An extremely dumb curiosity question? Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 16:56:11 GMT Organization: Business Internet Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1170956452 27420 80.91.229.12 (8 Feb 2007 17:40:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 17:40:52 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 08 18:40:47 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HFDG4-0002qj-6R for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 08 Feb 2007 18:40:32 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HFDG3-0001Yo-Ou for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 08 Feb 2007 12:40:31 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!elk.ncren.net!newsflash.concordia.ca!News.Dal.Ca!ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1pl1 (Debian) Original-Lines: 30 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 142.177.137.91 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@aliant.net Original-X-Trace: ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca 1170953771 142.177.137.91 (Thu, 08 Feb 2007 12:56:11 AST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 12:56:11 AST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:145361 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:40970 Archived-At: On 2007-02-08, William Case wrote: > Hi; > > What are all you people doing with emacs ? > I use it for writing papers (Auctex mode for LaTeX) and analysis (Ess mode for R). I also use it as my mail and newsgroup editor. I haven't figured out gnus yet, but eventually I expect I'll migrate to that and retire mutt and slrn. When I'm writing or working on stats I generally use it as an X app, with 2-6 buffers of scripts, papers, and processes on two Emacs windows, plus the additional X windows that are generated with xdvi and R. When I'm doing quick edits or responding to mail or newsgroups I use it in a terminal. I usually have Emacs, firefox, and a bunch of xterms running spread over four desktops with fluxbox, although as I get more comfortable with Emacs I do more of my command line stuff from there, either with meta-! or shell-mode. I've been using Emacs for a year or two now, and I'm constantly learning how to make better use of its capabilities, so I'm interested in the response from more experienced users. Thanks for the study-break! -- Regards, Tyler Smith