EMacs

ComputerHermit · 08-18-2003, 01:41 PM

hey guys I been on my linux bnox agine I been reading about EMacs what is it realy for ??

peace · 08-18-2003, 01:46 PM

Emacs is a text editor made by the GNU project originally (at least I think so). It is much larger than the standard UNIX vi editor, and comes with many, many more features.

Google it.

EDIT: please, no flames wars here. I would hate to be the cause of such disruption

Dark_Helmet · 08-18-2003, 02:49 PM

Yes, emacs is primarily a text editor. I use it everyday at work for coding. There have been extensions written for it to do quite a few things.

ComputerHermit · 08-19-2003, 11:10 AM

I been reading the Linux RedHat 7.2 Bible and playing with emacs and other text editor's Linux is a awsome OS I learned alot about open scorce thanks guys this fourm is the best

darthtux · 08-19-2003, 01:25 PM

Emacs is an editor and much much more. It was written by Richard Stallman of the Free Software Foundation. Go GNU, GO!

It is not only a text editor but supports syntax highlighting, email, is a web browser and so much more.

More on emacs features can be found here:
http://freebooks.by.ru/view/EmacsIn24h/emacs010.htm