2014-09-17 9:56 GMT+02:00 Paul Rudin <paul@rudin.co.uk>:

> Fabrice Popineau <fabrice.popineau@supelec.fr> writes:
>
> > What is the purpose of opening a second instance of emacs ?
> > I precisely tend to avoid it.
>
> There are situations where it can be useful - e.g. using emacs as
> a news or mail client where the whole process can block for a few
> seconds.
>
>
Yes seconds or even much more.
This is the reason I don't use Emacs to read my mail/news anymore :-/

-- 
Fabrice