From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Joe Corneli Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: emacs for everything? Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 14:24:00 -0600 Message-ID: References: <87pt2ej98v.fsf@node1.ddorf.de> <87zn1g2t5j.fld@barrow.com> <876540gxzw.fld@barrow.com> <86brdqp4au.fsf@ketchup.de.uu.net> <87d5y3994r.fsf@informatik.uni-freiburg.de> <87hdnfbdek.fsf@lizard.king> <41A499D4.3000400@conectiva.com.br> <87ekie2gjx.fsf@informatik.uni-freiburg.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1101673476 13593 80.91.229.6 (28 Nov 2004 20:24:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 20:24:36 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 28 21:24:29 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CYVav-0005kp-00 for ; Sun, 28 Nov 2004 21:24:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CYVkH-000200-QM for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 28 Nov 2004 15:34:09 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CYVk9-0001zu-DX for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Nov 2004 15:34:01 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CYVk8-0001zi-V5 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Nov 2004 15:34:01 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CYVk8-0001zf-SE for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Nov 2004 15:34:00 -0500 Original-Received: from [146.6.139.124] (helo=dell3.ma.utexas.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CYVaZ-0000zP-B7 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Nov 2004 15:24:07 -0500 Original-Received: from linux183.ma.utexas.edu (mail@linux183.ma.utexas.edu [146.6.139.172]) by dell3.ma.utexas.edu (8.11.0.Beta3/8.10.2) with ESMTP id iASKO0829560; Sun, 28 Nov 2004 14:24:00 -0600 Original-Received: from jcorneli by linux183.ma.utexas.edu with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1CYVaS-0003Tn-00; Sun, 28 Nov 2004 14:24:00 -0600 Original-To: Lee Sau Dan In-reply-to: <87ekie2gjx.fsf@informatik.uni-freiburg.de> (message from Lee Sau Dan on 28 Nov 2004 22:29:06 +0800) 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: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:22409 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:22409 Shamelessly capitalizing on this popular thread with an on-topic post... Ironically, for people who _just use emacs_, this isn't really relevant. For everyone else: A while ago, I brought up the idea of setting up Emacs as a filter sitting between you and your applications. This should enable scripting of pretty much any user interaction. I also was curious about the possibilities for using Emacs functions (like search, copy) inside of other X applications (e.g. a graphical webbrowser). This seems like a good place to bring these ideas up again, with one additional piece of information. The program Xnee seems like it could be wrapped or repackaged in Emacs to facilitate full-blown scripting. Making the text and other UI components of all windows accessible to Emacs would seem to require some fundamental changes to a lot of programs or to X or both. :(