Re: [Tutor] OT: Preferred email client for sending plain text programming code snippets

2015-02-18 Thread Alan Gauld
On 18/02/15 12:09, Sydney Shall wrote: Could you give us or point us towards some simple instructions as how one uses gmane.comp.python.tutor with Thunderbird. I had a go and I have found it daunting. Create a new news account (File-New-OtherAccount) Enter your details, click next Enter the g

Re: [Tutor] OT: Preferred email client for sending plain text programming code snippets

2015-02-18 Thread Sydney Shall
On 18/02/2015 03:48, Mark Lawrence wrote: On 17/02/2015 23:23, boB Stepp wrote: Hopefully this is not a touchy subject like Emacs vs. Vim. ~(:>)) My home PC uses Win7-64bit. I currently use Chrome, Gmail and have a Nexus 5 phone. The nice thing about all of this is that all of my information us

Re: [Tutor] OT: Preferred email client for sending plain text programming code snippets

2015-02-17 Thread Ben Finney
boB Stepp writes: > Hopefully this is not a touchy subject like Emacs vs. Vim. ~(:>)) Heh. If anyone tries to start a Vim-versus-Emacs fight, feel free to cite me as someone well experienced with both who sees no need to be tribal about either of them. > My home PC uses Win7-64bit. My condolen

Re: [Tutor] OT: Preferred email client for sending plain text programming code snippets

2015-02-17 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 17/02/2015 23:23, boB Stepp wrote: Hopefully this is not a touchy subject like Emacs vs. Vim. ~(:>)) My home PC uses Win7-64bit. I currently use Chrome, Gmail and have a Nexus 5 phone. The nice thing about all of this is that all of my information usually seamlessly syncs. That is nice! But I

Re: [Tutor] OT: Preferred email client for sending plain text programming code snippets

2015-02-17 Thread Alan Gauld
On 17/02/15 23:23, boB Stepp wrote: So are there any recommendations from this group that would make things easy, would still be able to receive/send from my Gmail account, etc.? Thunderbird seems to work for me. I use it for 4 different email accounts (including both yahoo and gmail) as well

[Tutor] OT: Preferred email client for sending plain text programming code snippets

2015-02-17 Thread boB Stepp
Hopefully this is not a touchy subject like Emacs vs. Vim. ~(:>)) My home PC uses Win7-64bit. I currently use Chrome, Gmail and have a Nexus 5 phone. The nice thing about all of this is that all of my information usually seamlessly syncs. That is nice! But I am getting increasingly frustrated with