From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tassilo Horn Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: a look at the browser scene & emacs Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:23:29 +0100 Message-ID: <87bpspwifi.fsf@thinkpad.tsdh.de> References: <8358de80-5198-41e5-b4a2-04e681d359d1@p20g2000yqi.googlegroups.com> <86wsbeajz6.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> <002094c7-f9fd-422e-a68f-67051e0c7483@w9g2000yqa.googlegroups.com> <87k57dwmay.fsf@thinkpad.tsdh.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1235647480 31520 80.91.229.12 (26 Feb 2009 11:24:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:24:40 +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 26 12:25:57 2009 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 1LceNB-0006Br-I4 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:25:50 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56407 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LceLq-0007w8-Af for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:24:26 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LceL9-0007sD-FG for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:23:43 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LceL7-0007oY-Bx for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:23:42 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=47164 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LceL6-0007oH-Uw for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:23:41 -0500 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:39136 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LceL6-0000iq-LK for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:23:40 -0500 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1LceL5-0002O0-Ce for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:23:39 +0000 Original-Received: from dhcp80.uni-koblenz.de ([141.26.71.80]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:23:39 +0000 Original-Received: from tassilo by dhcp80.uni-koblenz.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:23:39 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 36 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp80.uni-koblenz.de User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.90 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:bdhlzhbzJobTf5rOeruFhJm6E9A= X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:62400 Archived-At: Klaus Straubinger writes: Hi Klaus, >> Reading HTML mail works nice, too (with emacs-w3m as helper). A >> simple editor would be nice for some people, too. But I guess that >> most current devs arent interested in writing one, cause in "the tech >> geekers" world mail is in text/plain. > > In Emacs, there is Enriched Mode if you want formatted text. The info > file says > > | "Enriched mode" is a minor mode for editing files that contain > | formatted text in WYSIWYG fashion, as in a word processor. Currently, > | formatted text in Enriched mode can specify fonts, colors, underlining, > | margins, and types of filling and justification. In the future, we plan > | to implement other formatting features as well. > | > | Enriched mode is a minor mode. It is typically used in conjunction > | with Text mode, but you can also use it with other major modes such > | as Outline mode and Paragraph-Indent Text mode. > | > | Potentially, Emacs can store formatted text files in various file > | formats. Currently, only one format is implemented: "text/enriched" > | format, which is defined by the MIME protocol. > > One could write a converter to HTML if another format is desired. Yes, nice. I guess that would be possible without too much effort. So Xah, why not do it yourself? Bye, Tassilo -- Vendor lock-in is when vendors lock themselves inside of a building out of fear of Richard Stallman's wrath.