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From: Jonathan Lamothe <jonathan@jlamothe.net>
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Subject: Re: Emacs is freaking amazing!
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yeti <yeti@tilde.institute> writes:

> Jonathan Lamothe <jonathan@jlamothe.net> wrote:
>
>> Don_from_AZ <djatechNOSPAM@comcast.net.invalid> writes:
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>> I started to use Emacs, on Multics, in about 1980 or so. Like Jonathon,
>>> mostly as a text editor, but I also use "org-mode" to keep track of
>>> things I have to do, and I am writing this response using "gnus" as my
>>> newsreader. 
>>
>> Yup, org-mode was my gateway drug too.
>
> Life is too short for not using orgmode.  Sure orgmode doesn't make you
> live longer, but it boosts your efficiency.
>
> org-babel probably is the most important part I'd miss if Emacs would
> disappear.

I've yet to look into that one properly.  It's for citations, correct?

-- 
Regards,
Jonathan Lamothe
https://jlamothe.net