Re: emacs vs vs.net

[Jason Earl]

Vagn Johansen <gonz808@hotmail.com> writes:

> Vagn Johansen <gonz808@hotmail.com> writes:
>
>> Jason Earl <jearl@wegointer.net> writes:
>>
>>> Actually, if you read a *lot* of email, then Emacs
>>> probably would be helpful as well.  Gnus has all
>>> sorts of tools for plowing through huge piles of
>>> email, and the fact that you never have to take
>>> your hands off of the keyboard to get everything
>>> done makes a big difference.
>>
>> What tools are those?
>>
>> Gnus does support searching in multiple groups.
>
> That should have been "Gnus does NOT support searching in multiple
> groups."

For searching I use find and grep :).

I wade through hundreds of emails a day (not counting spam).  For me
the biggest advantages of Gnus over other email clients I have used is
the ability to quickly skim through groups without having to touch the
mouse.  'k' will kill useless threads, space will page through a
message 'A n' adds a task to my planner.el files (with a link to the
message in question).  Lately I have been thinking about adding in
Remembrance agent http://www.remem.org/ to the mix.

    The Remembrance Agent (Remem) is an Emacs plug-in that watches
    over your shoulder and suggests information relevant to what
    you're reading or writing. While search engines help with direct
    recall, Remem is a tool for associative memory. Suggested
    documents are displayed in a buffer at the bottom of your Emacs
    window, and are updated every few seconds based on the last
    hundred or so words surrounding the cursor.

I suppose if I used my inbox as a knowledge base I might be more
interested in searching.  Even so, Gnus has some pretty compelling
tools.

Jason