From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/7470 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ted Zlatanov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: How many use eMacs and Gnus on daily basis? Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2006 11:46:12 -0400 Organization: =?utf-8?B?0KLQtdC+0LTQvtGAINCX0LvQsNGC0LDQvdC+0LI=?= @ Cienfuegos Message-ID: References: <87r721jae8.fsf@news.europe.ch> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1149698566 18803 80.91.229.2 (7 Jun 2006 16:42:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 16:42:46 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 07 18:42:40 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 1Fo16K-0000yD-Vb for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Wed, 07 Jun 2006 18:41:49 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Fo16K-0008P3-HR for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Wed, 07 Jun 2006 12:41:48 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!news-fra1.dfn.de!news.ispa.de!news.albasani.net!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus Original-Lines: 29 Original-X-Trace: p0d+GaejtCntLhLCDEL988s8lc6xeN0DJvvJIVmqL49p7JKtrPlrSzExsEhLz8RnQV5SioFB/Ns5ovm6A1JmDk+k3Lzma4Os47kCL5ieQ7eLexpZSt9yL39I7WWfBTHZ Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@albasani.net Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 15:46:14 +0000 (UTC) X-User-ID: NyyuG8Hbn77ZUVCjuMYjivf7X8MULt21v2R88KcNg40= X-Face: bd.DQ~'29fIs`T_%O%C\g%6jW)yi[zuz6; d4V0`@y-~$#3P_Ng{@m+e4o<4P'#(_GJQ%TT= D}[Ep*b!\e,fBZ'j_+#"Ps?s2!4H2-Y"sx" Cancel-Lock: sha1:7ScVHkRr9ONPou4FVYrrMWSfgTQ= User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-NNTP-Posting-Host: NfzR/1VPMBE/DGptYLdIWkch8fA8rQNcJkSbnHobLsE= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.gnus:77651 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:7470 Archived-At: On 7 Jun 2006, me@privacy.net wrote: > Dumb question on my part but here goes > > I sick of bloated and fat software from MS You shouldn't pick Emacs or Gnus because you don't like Microsoft's software. Pick them if they do what you need. > If I learn emacs can it replace say 80 percent of the stiff I use > now? It can probably do 99% of the things, but probably not in the way you are used to, and perhaps not as well. (speaking as an occasional Emacs and Gnus contributor) I would encourage you to experiment. Dedicate a week or two to just trying out Emacs and Gnus, and see if they do things the way you like. If not, look for something else (but make sure to ask before you give up, so we know what features people want, and so we can tell you if you missed something in the manuals). You'll probably find Emacs and Gnus a little intimidating at first. Look in the manuals, especially the beginner sections, and a lot of things will make sense. Gnus uses terminology ("buffer," "prefix," and so on) that can be hard to understand if you don't do that. Ted