From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Charles Philip Chan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: What are Emacs best uses? Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 00:04:48 -0400 Message-ID: <87eh9yqnte.fsf@karnak.MagnumOpus.khem> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1376366623 7319 80.91.229.3 (13 Aug 2013 04:03:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 04:03:43 +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 06:03:47 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 1V95pi-0008AH-AZ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 13 Aug 2013 06:03:46 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34534 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V95ph-0001Ju-RL for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 13 Aug 2013 00:03:45 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48392) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V95pO-0001Jn-VT for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Aug 2013 00:03:31 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V95pK-0006f4-06 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Aug 2013 00:03:26 -0400 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:55763) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V95pJ-0006el-PG for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Aug 2013 00:03:21 -0400 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1V95pF-0007oz-RA for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Aug 2013 06:03:17 +0200 Original-Received: from bas10-toronto01-845462802.dsl.bell.ca ([50.100.189.18]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 13 Aug 2013 06:03:17 +0200 Original-Received: from cpchan by bas10-toronto01-845462802.dsl.bell.ca with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 13 Aug 2013 06:03:17 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 58 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: bas10-toronto01-845462802.dsl.bell.ca User-Agent: Gnus/5.130008 (Ma Gnus v0.8) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-Face: G; Z,`sm>)4t4LB/GUrgH$W`!AmfHMj,LG)Z}X0ax@s9:0>0)B&@vcm{v-le)wng)?|o]D\Z}0:6X Cancel-Lock: sha1:L/2Nq660PGbn8txgXlo+hmCllC0= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 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:92831 Archived-At: --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Jorge <1gato0a@gmail.com> writes: > 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? Yes. Org-mode[1] (now part of Emacs) is by far the best PIM that I have ever encountered. One can think of it as Ecco Pro[2] on steroids. > If you can't sync with a smartphone, how do you manage the grocery > list? One can sync Org-mode with smart phones (Android & IOS) via MobileOrg[3]. > Is it a good calendar? Can you easily collaborate with colleagues who > use Google Calendar? One can sync Org-mode with Google Calendar several ways: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-google-sync.html or just use MobileOrg, which will take care of that for you. > Is it a good email reader? Does it work with gmail? Yes, via IMAP.=20 Charles Footnotes:=20 [1] http://orgmode.org/ [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecco_Pro=20 [3] https://github.com/matburt/mobileorg-android http://mobileorg.ncogni.to/ =2D-=20 Linux! Guerrilla UNIX Development Venimus, Vidimus, Dolavimus. (By mah@ka4ybr.com, Mark A. Horton KA4YBR) --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlIJsGoACgkQ3epPyyKbwPZMbQCdGSc2gBGVeAZWHM6lGHROPk5S idQAn1ZPSxO6GB2XEBNxMoNnGUyY+hYa =8ZiT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--