From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Roodwriter@core.com" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Why do you use emacs? Date: Sun, 11 May 2003 13:48:46 -0400 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: Reply-To: Roodwriter@core.com NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1052679398 31527 80.91.224.249 (11 May 2003 18:56:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 11 May 2003 18:56:38 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun May 11 20:56:37 2003 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 19Evzw-0008CM-00 for ; Sun, 11 May 2003 20:56:37 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 19EvzQ-00086Q-03 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 11 May 2003 14:56:04 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!sn-xit-03!sn-xit-06!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: KNode/0.7.1 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Original-Lines: 47 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:113077 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:9572 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:9572 Artur Hefczyc wrote: > Hello, > > I am currently working on emacs guide designed for > Java developers but not only. I would like to put one > section somewhere with title > "Why to use Emacs?" > My idea is to include there opinions from real emacs users. > > So my question is: Could you please send me the most > important reason for you why you use emacs instead of > other modern IDEs? > If you send your comments with your name I will include your > sentences as citation with it's author name > > I can receive your comments from my e-mail box: > .kobit@users.sourceforge.net > or from this group. > > The test version of this guide is here: > http://wttools.sourceforge.net/emacs-stuff/emacsandjdee.html > > regards > Artur Hefczyc > -- > Artur Hefczyc kobit@users.sourceforge.net > Open Source Developer > http://geotools.sourceforge.net/ > http://wttools.sourceforge.net/ I don't know if my being a writer is pertinent to your topic. I use Emacs as a writer because of its enormous number of editing commands. Since most writing is rewriting, having a more powerful set of editing tools is quite useful. --Rod -- Author of "Linux for Non-Geeks--Clear-eyed Answers for Practical Consumers" and "Boring Stories from Uncle Rod." Both are available at http://www.rodwriterpublishing.com/index.html To reply by e-mail, take the extra "o" out of my e-mail address. It's to confuse spambots, of course.