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A programmers' text editor and [IDE]. See emacs(1).
Its icon is a kitchen sink, and there's very good reason for that. Its core is an [Elisp] interpreter which can be used to implement extensions, of which literally hundreds have been written — including a complete WebBrowser, MailClient, NewsReader, and almost anything else you could (n)ever need.
- ''“Master, does [
Emacs] have
the buddha
nature?” “Why
not, it has
everything else!
”''
+ ''A young man studying in the temple went seeking the priest. He asked the priest
“Master, does Emacs possess
the Buddha
nature?” The priest had resided in the temple for a good many year, and was very wise. He thought for a while, and then answered:
“I don’t see why
not, it’s got bloody well
everything else.
” The young man then achieved enlightenment shortly after.
''
[Unix] programmers tend to settle on either [Emacs] or [vi|Vim] as their main programming environment, then pick on each other for their choices.
For a decent introduction to using [Emacs], look at our slides on the UnixTutorials page.
If you are having trouble with copy&paste in [Emacs] (or XEmacs) under [X11], [check this quick tip | http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/6162].
