Re: [emacs-wiki-discuss] Re: Complexity of computing w/ Emacs

[Patricia J. Hawkins]

>>>>> "AJK" == Andrew J Korty <address@hidden> writes:

AJK> Allen Halsey <address@hidden> writes:
>> Emacs can subsume the functionality of all these apps in a single
>> instance. That's one button on task bar. But I hesitate to embark on
>> this approach because I am absolutely terrified that I'll click that
>> one button and drown in a sea of buffers.

AJK> I use Gnus, Planner, Muse, ERC, and Emacs-w3m.  I've considered going
AJK> further and using jabber.el, EMMS, etc.  My concern is not being
AJK> overwhelmed by buffers but putting all my eggs in one basket.  If
AJK> Emacs crashes I lose everything.  I know the same is true for X and my
AJK> window manager (Ion > *, btw), but I'm not regularly inserting
AJK> potentially buggy Elisp into those.

M-x recover-session

AJK> Also, using Emacs for everything means losing some multitasking
AJK> ability.  Emacs-w3m uses asynchronous processes, but Gnus doesn't, for
AJK> example.

Yes, this bugs me.

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Patricia J. Hawkins
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