Re: What are Emacs best uses?

[Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net>]

Filipp Gunbin <fgunbin@fastmail.fm> writes:

> On 13/08/2013 15:52 +0400, Dan Espen wrote:
>
>> Jorge <1gato0a@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Hi.  What are the best uses of Emacs?  I currently use it to compose emails,
>>> manage files, to edit LaTeX, and to edit source code and configuration files.
>>> But Emacs seems to be mediocre at viewing PDFs.  Evince has better search.
>>>
>>>   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?  If you can't sync with a smartphone, how do you manage the
>>> grocery list?
>>>
>>>   Is it a good calendar?  Can you easily collaborate with colleagues who use
>>> Google Calendar?
>>>
>>>   Is it a good email reader?  Does it work with gmail?
>>
>> I pull my gmail account with fetchmail, then read with GNUS.
>
> It's also possible to fetch mail via imap directly in Gnus, more on that
> in "(gnus) Mail Sources" info node.  I switched to this method from
> fetchmail.

The advantage I get from fetchmail is that I fetch from multiple sources
into /var/mail/user then a biff program notices the file size being
non-zero and it lights up the scroll lock LED.

I can tell if I have mail when passing by my home office.

-- 
Dan Espen