[emacs-wiki-discuss] Re: Request for tips

[Sacha Chua]

Hello, Daniel!

Sorry about the late reply. The mailing list at
address@hidden
(http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-wiki-discuss) might be
a good place to ask questions and get quick answers. =) If you prefer
to use Gmane (a mailing list->NNTP/blog gateway), check out
http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.wiki.general .

> e-mail
> window manager
> These topics are not in general a problem unless one decide to put
> Emacs at first priority in your computer.

I use Gnus + fetchmail/ssl. You can have Gmail forward your mail to a
POP address, and you can run some kind of spam filtering thing. My
mail server marks spam messages for me, though, so filtering is very
easy.

> For window managers, I used to use Gnome but a problem with my
> keyboard lead me to Ion3, a fantastic Window manager.

I use ratpoison now. It's also a full-screen keyboard-friendly window
manager, but I find it to be a lot easier to use than Ion because
ratpoison uses a prefix keymap. It's kinda like screen. I use F11 as
my prefix key so that all of my Emacs shortcuts aren't affected.

> PS I have just finished reading Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson, a
> master-piece that talks computers, cryptography and Filipinas. If
> you did not read it I strongly recommend...

Yup, I loved that book. =) How could I not? It featured OrdoEmacs,
"Finux", Perl... ;) Neal Stephenson is totally cool.

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