From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chris L Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: (Slightly Off-Topic) Emacs-like Office App Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2002 10:42:36 -0900 Organization: The Letter L Sender: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1036354148 10723 80.91.224.249 (3 Nov 2002 20:09:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2002 20:09:08 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 188R3T-0002mm-00 for ; Sun, 03 Nov 2002 21:09:07 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 188R2Q-0002Ql-00; Sun, 03 Nov 2002 15:08:02 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!snoopy.risq.qc.ca!newsfeed.news2me.com!newsfeed-west.nntpserver.com!hub1.meganetnews.com!nntpserver.com!telocity-west!TELOCITY!sn-xit-03!sn-xit-06!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help X-Face: 7?1,~hLJv9R%<#DNR6m@9W**a.!h-)!o5B1\Y*}7"#k%MzvMP?z#A"Y@ai5SY[@JE95J'AQKwlk'5CbWOp:v5^HL>*a-.cPv*sXU?_ X-message-flag: Outlook corrupt. Please shut down, install a better mail client, and start over. X-Fnord: +++ATH0 X-WebTV-Stationery: Standard; BGColor=black; TextColor=black X-oefix: "a@b c"@d User-Agent: Gnus/5.090007 (Oort Gnus v0.07) Emacs/21.2 (i386-msvc-nt5.0.2195) Cancel-Lock: sha1:xUIoKfEz196m32JSfdH/pGQJnpo= Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Original-Lines: 13 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:106700 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:3254 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:3254 Personally, I would just like a word processor that, when I am forced to use such a thing in Windows (such as when working with co-workers sharing a Word document who won't use plain text, emacs or Unix), would still allow me to use basic emacs keybindings, incremental-search, and other such features. The most frustrating thing about Word is not the program, which I have learned over the years to tolerate and to deal with and tamed, but the amount of time it takes me to switch back to "word and windows" mode using the keyboard... Word needs an emacs emulation mode :)