From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ian Swainson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Open existing instance of app from Emacs lisp? Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:56:24 +1200 Message-ID: <87myjjeyav.fsf@gargoyle.datacom.co.nz> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1218509654 29094 80.91.229.12 (12 Aug 2008 02:54:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:54:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: dwolff@panix.com (David Wolff) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 12 04:55:06 2008 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 1KSk2H-0004Zb-71 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:55:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53576 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KSk1K-0008Lx-DJ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:54:02 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KSk0n-0008H3-Cs for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:53:29 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KSk0l-0008Dn-Is for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:53:28 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=38169 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KSk0l-0008DY-FB for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:53:27 -0400 Original-Received: from mx6.datacom.co.nz ([202.175.142.6]:19219) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KSk0l-00012r-4w for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:53:27 -0400 Original-Received: from dnzwgex1.datacom.co.nz (Not Verified[172.30.0.108]) by mx6.datacom.co.nz with MailMarshal (v6, 4, 1, 5038) id ; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:53:18 +1200 Original-Received: from dnzakex1.datacom.co.nz ([172.25.10.120]) by dnzwgex1.datacom.co.nz with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:53:17 +1200 Original-Received: from gargoyle.datacom.co.nz ([172.22.0.241]) by dnzakex1.datacom.co.nz with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:53:16 +1200 In-Reply-To: (David Wolff's message of "Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:25:40 +0000 (UTC)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Aug 2008 02:53:17.0123 (UTC) FILETIME=[9229D130:01C8FC26] X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1+ 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:56496 Archived-At: On Tuesday 12 August 2008 at 02:25 PM, dwolffxx@panix.com (David Wolff) wrote: > I'm sure Emacs calc is superior, but for simple addition and subtraction > I didn't feel like learning yet another user interface... M-x calculator is IMHO much superior to ms's calculator app - and you don't have to leave Emacs. No other user interface to learn - works the same as the Windows one. M-x calc is a different beast - very powerful but perhaps overkill for what you want. Cheers, ian -- Ian Swainson fortune says: To err is human, to forgive unusual. This email was crafted using GNU/Linux | http://www.getgnulinux.org