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BeetleB • today at 6:06 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

If you don't want to, then you don't want to. Understand you may want things others don't, and vice versa.

Although I don't browse the web with Emacs, I see the utility.

Tell me: How would you select some text, and with a keystroke, send the selected text to yourself via email, with the URL included and the title of the page in the subject line?


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AndrewKemendo • today at 6:26 PM

> Tell me: How would you select some text, and with a keystroke, send the selected text to yourself via email, with the URL included and the title of the page in the subject line?

I think the takeaway for me is that emacs is for people who get enjoyment out of building their own custom computing environment

The example you describe is something I would rarely do so building a process around it would be inefficient for me but if that’s where people want to spend time then great

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