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The editor war is the rivalry between users of the Emacs and vi text editors. The rivalry has become an enduring part of hacker culture and the free software community.
Editor choice being brought up during a presentation at a technology convention.
Editor choice being brought up during a presentation at a technology convention.
Richard Stallman appearing as St IGNU−cius, a saint in the Church of Emacs
Richard Stallman appearing as St IGNU−cius, a saint in the Church of Emacs
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Emacs, originally named EMACS, is a family of text editors that are characterized by their extensibility. The manual for the most widely used variant, GNU Emacs, describes it as "the extensible, customizable, self-documenting, real-time display editor". Development of the first Emacs began in the mid-1970s, and work on GNU Emacs, directly descended from the original, is ongoing; its latest version is 29.3, released March 2024.
Emacs was started by Guy L. Steele Jr. as a project to unify the many divergent TECO command sets and key bindings at MIT
Emacs was started by Guy L. Steele Jr. as a project to unify the many divergent TECO command sets and key bindings at MIT
Emacs' interface was influenced by the design of the space-cadet keyboard, which sought to enable users to type as many different kinds of input as po
Emacs' interface was influenced by the design of the space-cadet keyboard, which sought to enable users to type as many different kinds of input as possible.
James Gosling wrote an Emacs-like editor to run on Unix (Gosling Emacs) in 1981
James Gosling wrote an Emacs-like editor to run on Unix (Gosling Emacs) in 1981