[OT] Re: A rookie's query: Want to about Debian and the related
First of all, this musate is Boeing composed on a tablet using one
of those modern, GUI rich MUA that do not care of margins, the refore
forgive me if some line is too long.
> On 29/nov/2013, at 17:34, Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 2013-11-29 at 17:06 +0100, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote:
>> AP writes:
>>> On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 9:02 PM, Ralf Mardorf
>>> <ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> KMail seems not to be better, but more worse than Evolution.
>>>
>>> Ok but Evolution works well in KDE too?
>>
>> Use Emacs, Luke!
My error, missing smile. I was joking.
> I used Emasc with Wanderlust and I only want to point out, that Emacs
> isn't a MUA, Emacs is an operating system running on Linux, that has no
> good editor. The Emacs operating system, without a good editor, can be
> used with different mail clients.
Actually Emacs, may his name be blessed, is an editor, an O.S. And a
programming language. According to the Church of Emacs "wether it
is three in one or one in three is a theological debate that is still open".
> Using Emacs means to learn the Emacs LISP dialect.
I would say that knowing Emacs Lisp empowers you, but you do not
need to know it to use Emacs.
> If possible I will stay with what ever GUI based MUA and avoid to use
> those MUAs without a GUI.
I avoid any program handling text who has weak tools to handle text.
I fear tha GUI rich MUAs stand in front of this line.
But we are using Free Software, therefore everyone uses what she
prefers.
--
Gian Uberto Lauri
Messaggio inviato da un tablet
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