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Auteur: Didier Kryn
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Aan: dng
Onderwerp: Re: [DNG] what Emacs really is, jokes aside.
Le 24/05/2016 03:36, Hendrik Boom a écrit :
> On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 11:16:48PM +0200, Didier Kryn wrote:
>> Le 23/05/2016 19:49, Jaromil a écrit :
>>> I have no use for a PDF
>>> viewer that can't print. Else I'd just use Emacs for that too ;^)
>>> _______________________________________________
>>      Indeed it does! I didn't even thought to try that. Looks like
>> one of these useless features in Emacs, given the number of pdf
>> viewers, or is it that Emacs wants to become a DE by itself. I read
>> once it can also send mails, and it can act as an IDE. I use it only
>> to edit files - and for Dr psychologist :-)

>>
>>      Didier
> Emacs is not trying to be a development environment; it always was one.

>
> Emacs is an excellent user interface, development environment, and
> desktop for ancient, text-only terminals. That's what it was for back
> in the day. That's what it still is.
>
> But people seem to be able to afford better terminals
> these days.
>

     I mostly use it in an xterm, with the -nw option. I'm old-fashioned.