GNU Emacs

GNU Emacs is an extensible, customizable text editor—and more. At its core is an interpreter for Emacs Lisp, a dialect of the Lisp programming language with extensions to support text editing.

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gnu emacs is an extensible, customizable text editor—and more. at its core is an interpreter for emacs lisp, a dialect of the lisp programming language with extensions to support text editing. the features of gnu emacs include:

* contentsensitive editing modes, including syntax coloring, for a variety of file types including plain text, source code, and html. * complete builtin documentation, including a tutorial for new users. * full unicode support for nearly all human languages and their scripts. * highly customizable, using emacs lisp code or a graphical interface. * a large number of extensions that add other functionality, including a project planner, mail and news reader, debugger interface, calendar, and more. many of these extensions are distributed with gnu emacs; others are available separately.

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Customizable Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Scripting Syntax Highlighting Package Control Terminal based Self documenting

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