Re: What are Emacs best uses?

[Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE>]

Am 12.08.2013 um 19:05 schrieb Jorge:

>  What is Emacs really good for?

For doing the job.

> Is it a good personal information manager?

Well, I prefer to read Wikipedia outside of GNU Emacs and there I also store my passwords. Do you have more personal information to manage?

> Can you manage your information (todo, grocery list, etc.) and sync with a
> smartphone?

What is a smartphone good for? I prefer to spend my superfluous money for charity. And stay smart myself…

> If you can't sync with a smartphone, how do you manage the grocery list?

It's an empty list, it makes no problems. Who in the world needs dead meat?

> 
>  Is it a good calendar?

I think: No! I prepare my holidays on bike with Pcal. It allows to use nicer fonts – or I'm a bit to lazy to set up GNU Emacs for this. (But the Pcal file is at least edited in GNU Emacs!)

> Can you easily collaborate with colleagues who use Google Calendar?

I prefer to keep my private dates really private. No Google. Absolutely!

> 
>  Is it a good email reader?  Does it work with gmail?

I don't know. Maybe not, because I am using a different application.

> 
>  Is Emacs adapting well to the changing computing landscape?

Of course! Every day you can receive a few updates.

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Greetings

  Pete

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