Re: Best Python Editor (under Linux)

[Galen Boyer <galenboyer@hotpop.com>]

On 07 Jan 2003, shyamal.prasad@ericsson.com wrote:
>     "Dave" == Dave Cole <djc@object-craft.com.au> writes:
> 
>     Dave> Gnus is a pain in the freckle to set up, but once you
>     Dave> have it going it can't be beat.  Assuming of course
>     Dave> you are already an Emacs user.  If you do give Gnus
>     Dave> another go, make sure you try using bbdb (big brother
>     Dave> database) with it.
> 
> I've been using Gnus as my mail reader for almost 3 years
> now. What does bbdb give? I'm very curious.....

I just added you to my bbdb by hitting `:' in the summary
buffer.  Here is what your entry looks like, new.

Shyamal Prasad
            net: shyamal.prasad@ericsson.com
  creation-date: 07 Jan 2003
      timestamp: 07 Jan 2003
          notes: He asked about the BBDB so I gave him a quick example.

If I need to find you, I can then do it with many global searches
(Here are some examples) First, do M-x bbdb to get to the *BBDB*
buffer.  Now, the following 4 searches across the BBDB (kicked
off by `b') will find at least you.

    1) shy
    2) sad
    3) eric
    4) asked

Being able to quickly search across the entire kit-n-kaboodle is
quite nice.

Now, what if I narrow my search to the notes field?  `S o'
prompts me for what type of "note" field to search and then I get
hits across the entire kit-n-kaboodle, but on a particular notes
field.

Entering and maintaining the BBDB is also quite nice.

Window configurations so the BBDB follows your news/mail reading
is quite nice

... is quite nice.
-- 
Galen Boyer