[PLUG] what do you use Emacs for?

Randal L. Schwartz merlyn at stonehenge.com
Tue Dec 9 07:06:02 UTC 2003


>>>>> "David" == David Mandel <dmandel at pdxLinux.org> writes:

David> On Mon, 8 Dec 2003, Carla Schroder wrote:
>> I'm curious, given how extensible it is, what do Emacs users do with it,
>> beyond reading email/newsgroups, and editing files?
>> 

David> Emacs IS my operating system.
David> Linux is just the kernel I need to run emacs.

Ditto.  I type "screen emacs" about once every two months.  I leave
an emacs session going constantly.  I "connect" to it, and fire
off my shell sessions within it.  It's my entire interface for 99% of
my work.

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