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Looks like he's still reading websites via an HTML-to-email gateway; good for him! Interesting that he mentions Diaspora, but not GNU Social.
by drinian 16y ago
Looks like he's still reading websites via an HTML-to-email gateway; good for him!
Interesting that he mentions Diaspora, but not GNU Social.
- burgerbrain 16y ago"However, even if I could browse a site daily, I couldn't afford the time to do it myself. I can barely keep up with the work I have to do." A very valid point.
- billmcneale 16y agoMost of the "work he has to do" is to receive HTML pages in email and decoding them (I'm guessing mutt or similar). No wonder he doesn't have time for anything else.
- burgerbrain 16y agoReally?!? You think RMS reads mail in mutt? Are you not familiar with this man at all?
- billmcneale 16y ago[shrug] Maybe mutt is not GPL, I don't know. You get my point. He lives on a different planet.
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- burgerbrain 16y agoHe invented Emacs man, I would stake money on him using it for everything. I'd be surprised if he even used X. I bet he uses Emacs in a framebuffer VT.
- puppetmanbeast 16y agoHe has said before that he hardly ever leaves Emacs, and he starts X when he needs to do something graphical, which is rare, but he does do it from time to time. And yes, he reads his email in Emacs, and maybe views HTML files in something like Links. I don't think Emacs has an HTML viewer, but I could be wrong.
- phaer 16y agoOf course you can view HTML in emacs! Nowadays most people use emacs-w3m as HTML viewer/browser in emacs. It's quite easy to integrate it with gnus, rmail or other emacs mail clients.
- puppetmanbeast 16y agoHoly hell! Emacs really can do everything! :] I'll be using that instead of Links now, thanks.
- BasDirks 16y ago"Stallman: The usual way I look at web pages is by sending a message to an address that runs a script and mails me the contents. This works for fetching specific pages that people recommend to me, but not for browsing." Like a boss.