From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Andreas_R=F6hler?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: What are Emacs best uses? Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 20:45:43 +0200 Message-ID: <52092D57.3040905@easy-emacs.de> References: <8761van5mv.fsf@informatimago.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1376333073 31192 80.91.229.3 (12 Aug 2013 18:44:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 18:44:33 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 12 20:44:35 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 1V8x6Y-0001p9-QL for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 20:44:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39688 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V8x6Y-0005k5-G4 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 14:44:34 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53419) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V8x6I-0005j4-Er for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 14:44:26 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V8x6B-0004uJ-4B for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 14:44:18 -0400 Original-Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.17.10]:53090) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V8x6A-0004u6-RD for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 14:44:11 -0400 Original-Received: from purzel.sitgens (brln-4dbc52d7.pool.mediaWays.net [77.188.82.215]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mreu1) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MGVBU-1VM8Mq16o4-00DVlw; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 20:44:08 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130620 Thunderbird/17.0.7 In-Reply-To: <8761van5mv.fsf@informatimago.com> X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:7WDYC6yPtTkpk1P4BLe0fhONFg1767BKtf2DockVy8f j1EKafYf4oENycyujq/EAvE6Ecx20CTHm5j7JIHaRVdMV4pZ8s xYSRrUfWrkwYii5LFeq2WgpzcS4IjMU++TmoF3eKngny5ROwSh PKfbGU+npUx7GLZpm9mIcphGOySFxEzkcMVOMBCW/3CRkGNYeu seexDbAEV+QgmRlst34JLzqmd5nkOYUl5SP94SXvSjilsbbtTj ZaAC1hg8KYQbBzvpTDzRFg9DOq20z+TO1ZDI1AeBa+yRi1Ep8X Ri/IVdreXJEi4ghLuVLygqgsQGMLBnkn9veRzsD+0HJIlS0Buo vfgnIstFM0Mid0NFI6E8Lt5feqycdauLRBPv4oOjr X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 212.227.17.10 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:92825 Archived-At: Am 12.08.2013 20:08, schrieb Pascal J. Bourguignon: > 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? >> >> Is Emacs adapting well to the changing computing landscape? >> >> Thank you for your attention. > > Well, I would say that emacs is bad at everything, BUT a single thing: > > it is good at being modified. > IMHO it's time to create an Emacs-Foundation, which might collect and distribute funds in order to make Emacs competitive in several areas. [ ... ]