From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/7472 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Robert D. Crawford" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: How many use eMacs and Gnus on daily basis? Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2006 10:49:29 -0500 Message-ID: <87bqt5arue.fsf@comcast.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1149698580 18858 80.91.229.2 (7 Jun 2006 16:43:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 16:43:00 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 07 18:42:58 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Fo16Q-0000z2-UH for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Wed, 07 Jun 2006 18:41:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Fo16Q-0008RT-FL for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Wed, 07 Jun 2006 12:41:54 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news4.google.com!news.glorb.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local02.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.comcast.com!news.comcast.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2006 10:49:49 -0500 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:a+CiThdJ7bjFC+aLfo89Rwu2oFA= Original-Lines: 35 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.52.129.38 Original-X-Trace: sv3-P9rpcmXRdy9OhGBq+IzRI5/vQytXgdTl/C3ibYCvaIUaErqiY6U2W5DTBb+7qJuT8urLI5DctiM35ro!5SjcsdqjtIo+TfESOeyGblpCDaDzRO2JUFra31dKvnncI01FJ4ciHZQwV68t Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: dmca@comcast.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.32 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.gnus:77654 Original-To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs Usenet newsreader \(in English\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:7472 Archived-At: me@privacy.net writes: > I'm curious what you do with emacs I use emacs as the only interface to my computer. I am mostly blind and use emacspeak to do everything that I need to do. With this setup I: surf the web using emacs-w3m read news, email, and rss feeds with gnus use all the text editor stuff for config files, lisp code, html, etc. manipulate files using dired use the shell for things I find easier to do there, such as output manipulation via pipes Listen to music on cd and streaming media from the net using a lisp interface to cd-tool and mplayer I don't even run a window manager. I just start emacs from my .xsession file. I am not saying that this will work for everyone. If you are used to point-clicky interfaces you might not like emacs. Manipulating graphics files is, I believe, a no-go, but viewing them works. If you use your computer a lot, learning emacs will probably be a big productivity booster. You just have to stick with it and make it around the learning curve. After that, most everything's gravy. rdc -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Robert D. Crawford rdc1x@comcast.net