[BeetleB]

I'm not a heavy VSCode user, so I don't know much about its plugin ecosystem. I'm asking the question below sincerely, not to start an argument.

Is there a plugin in VSCode to:

1. Read, write and send emails?

2. Have an org mode like system where I can do TODOs, as well as link to things in other aspects of VSCode (e.g. link to an email - something I do routinely)?

2b In general, how easy is it to interconnect the different plugins? If I have a plugin to handle email, and another to do TODOs, can I quickly write something that will read an email, and then go and add a TODO in the appropriate section of some document based on the contents of that email?

3. Use it as a window manager

4. Use it as a file manager

[dmitriid]

You've selected some use cases designed to show that VSCode is inferior to emacs. What you failed to realize is that your use cases are invalid for probably a vast majority of people:

> Read, write and send emails

I prefer to do that in a dedicated app that actually knows how to deal with emails, and not from inside my text editor/IDE

> can I quickly write something that will read an email, and then go and add a TODO in the appropriate section of some document based on the contents of that email

I tend to prefer not to spend my time programming things, but, you know, enjoy life.

If I need a todo from an email, I'll copy paste it to an app that, for example, syncs to my phone

> Use it as a window manager

Why?

> Use it as a file manager

Why?

[kpgiskpg]

The previous user said that you can do "literally anything" in VSCode that you can do in Emacs, I think these examples were chosen to prove that statement wrong. It doesn't mean that Emacs is better for everyone.

[dmitriid]

I would also think that no one even cares to write an email client or a window manager inside an IDE even if that is possible (it probably is).

[BeetleB]

> > Use it as a window manager

> Why?

Because I need a window manager.

> > Use it as a file manager

> Why?

Because I need a file manager? I can give you an example of a time where I needed to examine some files, and depending on what I saw, with a keystroke make notes in a text file with links to those files, but that's secondary to the topic. The simpler answer is that I need things like file managers and window managers, and Emacs is both. Viewing Emacs as a text editor is a misconception you seem to have.

My question was whether there are plugins for VSCode to do any of these. You did not address that at all. Your comment is noise in this thread.