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And Emacs (can work in console mode) offer alternatives for nearly everything you mentioned :) Spreadheets[0], presentation[1], files management[2], true color

And Emacs (can work in console mode) offer alternatives for nearly everything you mentioned :) Spreadheets[0], presentation[1], files management[2], true colors. [0] https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_mono/ses.html https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_mono/ses.html [1] https://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/non-beamer-presentations.html https://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/non-beamer-presentati... [2] https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Dired.html https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Di...

fxj 7y ago
wow ses really blew my mind. I didnt know that emacs has a spreadsheet buitin. where do you find all those hidden goodies? is there a lost manual of emacs where they are listed?
- TeMPOraL 7y ago
  See also Org Mode, which has basic[0] spreadsheet capabilities[1]. > is there a lost manual of emacs where they are listed? That first link GP posted is literally a link to the Emacs manual[2]. Emacs and its info pages are something I also ignored for years, but one day I finally realized that I'm doing a disservice to myself by not reading manuals. Nowadays, I try to always read whatever official documentation there is for anything I work with more frequently; in some cases cover to cover. It's worth it. -- [0] - by basic I mean basic, until you learn enough Emacs to supercharge them; then there aren't so basic anymore. [1] - https://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-spreadsheet-intro.html https://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-spreadsheet-intro... [2] - https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/; https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/; it also ships with Emacs, so you can read it off-line; just use M-x info.
TeMPOraL 7y ago
Also web browsing, mail reading/sending, authoring. Emacs can handle essentially everything in the article. It's a perfect middle ground - not 1D like pure CLI, not "bitmap" like TUIs (ncurses-based in particular), which are essentially rendering bitmaps on the screen, but in ASCII, not a point&click GUI. Emacs gives you a 2D text GUI, in which almost everything interoperates with everything else, and things like searching through or editing whatever 2D interface you have on screen aren't weird, but normal.

fxj 7y ago

wow ses really blew my mind. I didnt know that emacs has a spreadsheet buitin. where do you find all those hidden goodies? is there a lost manual of emacs where they are listed?

TeMPOraL 7y ago
See also Org Mode, which has basic[0] spreadsheet capabilities[1]. > is there a lost manual of emacs where they are listed? That first link GP posted is literally a link to the Emacs manual[2]. Emacs and its info pages are something I also ignored for years, but one day I finally realized that I'm doing a disservice to myself by not reading manuals. Nowadays, I try to always read whatever official documentation there is for anything I work with more frequently; in some cases cover to cover. It's worth it. -- [0] - by basic I mean basic, until you learn enough Emacs to supercharge them; then there aren't so basic anymore. [1] - https://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-spreadsheet-intro.html https://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-spreadsheet-intro... [2] - https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/; https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/; it also ships with Emacs, so you can read it off-line; just use M-x info.

TeMPOraL 7y ago

Also web browsing, mail reading/sending, authoring. Emacs can handle essentially everything in the article. It's a perfect middle ground - not 1D like pure CLI, not "bitmap" like TUIs (ncurses-based in particular), which are essentially rendering bitmaps on the screen, but in ASCII, not a point&click GUI. Emacs gives you a 2D text GUI, in which almost everything interoperates with everything else, and things like searching through or editing whatever 2D interface you have on screen aren't weird, but normal.