From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: What are Emacs best uses? Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 03:52:40 +0200 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1376360025 14883 80.91.229.3 (13 Aug 2013 02:13:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 02:13:45 +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 04:13:48 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 1V947H-0004Dh-1g for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 13 Aug 2013 04:13:47 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39737 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V947G-0005dm-C3 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 22:13:46 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.kjsl.com!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news.mixmin.net!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 70 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 2P9VXfuj/IGkCN8IwRCemA.user.speranza.aioe.org Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.4 (usg-unix-v) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:i+QHyjDzVLTt1lxNxTbcBGO6iBE= Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:200561 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 22:13:33 -0400 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:92828 Archived-At: Jorge <1gato0a@gmail.com> writes: > What is Emacs really good for? Everything that has to do with typing: writing, and programming. > 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? Jorge, there is nothing intelligent or "smart" with hammering on a device to achieve something that has been done without effort, and without that device for a hundred years, or more. > Is it a good calendar? Can you easily collaborate with > colleagues who use Google Calendar? This integration hysteria with one billion totally useless gadgets has become a total neurosis. It is just a capitalist ploy to make you buy things. Grown men act like kids in a sweet shot. I can't stand it. Ask: does this work *for me*? If it doesn't, can I *make it work, by outworking the opposition*, or should I ditch it completely? Think for yourself, goddammit! I don't care one bit what junk other people use, because I trust my own judgement. I can't say I see any reason to use Emacs as calendar. There are no advantages compared to having a minimal book pocket calendar in your jeans, everywhere you go. The only advantage I can think of is that you can setup your friends' birthdays and such, and you don't have to do it every year. > Is it a good email reader? There are several possible ways to use Emacs to both send and read mail, and to access Usenet. I use the plain message mode to send mail, witch is great, as it is accessible with M-x, from anywhere in Emacs; all the familiar shortcuts from Emacs are there; and, what you don't like, you can setup/extend yourself with Elisp. To send Usenet posts, the same Emacs mode is applied. To read Usenet posts, I use Gnus (the same advantages that I mention for the message mode applies, for Gnus, and for all Emacs, basically) -- you can check out [1] or gnu.emacs.gnus for more on Gnus. To *read* mail, I use rmail (not the same as the legacy shell tool). To write, and receive, emails in Emacs has improved my life quality beyond belief. Before I set it up, those web GUIs were killing me, my eyes, and fingers. Now, writing and reading mails is one of the day's highlights. If you wish to try rmail with a minimal effort, mail me, and I'll send you a configuration file that'll have you up and running instantly. > Does it work with gmail? It doesn't have anything to do with gmail. It is much better to have a SW client for mails. That way, you can apply all the CLI text processing tools -- not only search, but everything else you never thought of, as you never *could* with a web GUI -- and those tools operate *directly on the material*. Only (minor) problem, and disadvantage, is you need to do backups now and then so not to loose your archive in case your system for whatever reason has a permanent failure. > Is Emacs adapting well to the changing computing landscape? The computer landscape doesn't change that much. It is still the same Lisp, C, HTML, TCP/IP, etc. It doesn't change with the editors either. All programmers use either Emacs or vim. [1] http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573/gnus/index.html