Re: What are Emacs best uses?

[Filipp Gunbin]

On 13/08/2013 15:52 +0400, Dan Espen wrote:

> Jorge <1gato0a@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Hi.  What are the best uses of Emacs?  I currently use it to compose emails,
>> manage files, to edit LaTeX, and to edit source code and configuration files.
>> But Emacs seems to be mediocre at viewing PDFs.  Evince has better search.
>>
>>   What is Emacs really good for?  Is it a good personal information manager?
>> Can you manage your information (todo, grocery list, etc.) and sync with a
>> smartphone?  If you can't sync with a smartphone, how do you manage the
>> grocery list?
>>
>>   Is it a good calendar?  Can you easily collaborate with colleagues who use
>> Google Calendar?
>>
>>   Is it a good email reader?  Does it work with gmail?
>
> I pull my gmail account with fetchmail, then read with GNUS.

It's also possible to fetch mail via imap directly in Gnus, more on that
in "(gnus) Mail Sources" info node.  I switched to this method from
fetchmail.

Filipp