Living with only Emacs and a browser

I was thinking earlier about trying to get by with only Emacs and a browser.

How much of my general daily computer work¹ could be done primarily with those two apps? Not enough, but it’s a fun thought experiment that may turn into a real experiment.

After a quick pass through my Applications folder, here are the apps I (currently) consider must haves…

• Emacs
• Firefox
• Messages (Apple)
• 1Password (but 1Password X might not count as a separate app)
• Preview (I’m constantly dealing with PDFs and haven’t gotten comfortable doing that with Emacs yet)
• TextExpander (I could go without it, but I don’t want to)
• iTerm (because command-line apps don’t count as “Apps” so I cheat with this)
• Finder (I’m not sure this counts as an App, though)
• Keybase

So what does this long list-that-contains-way-more-than-just-emacs-and-a-browser mean I leave behind?

• DEVONthink
• Tinderbox
• TheBrain
• Bear
• Apple Notes
• MarsEdit
• BBEdit
• iA Writer
• Calendar
• Day One
• MacVim
• MailMate

I may try it for a few days and see what happens.