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Re: What are Emacs best uses?
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Dan Espen |
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Re: What are Emacs best uses? |
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Tue, 13 Aug 2013 08:33:47 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.1 (gnu/linux) |
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
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