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Emacs
Extensible, customizable text editor with a massive ecosystem of packages
Description
Emacs is one of the oldest and most powerful text editors, a free long-standing software project with a huge amount of functionalities and extensions. Implemented and extendable with Emacs Lisp (E-Lisp), it serves as an editor, IDE, email client, organizer, and much more.
AI Summary
Highly extensible text editor and computing environment programmable with Emacs Lisp
Capabilities
- + Edit text with powerful editing commands and macros
- + Extend functionality with thousands of packages
- + Serve as an IDE, email client, org-mode planner, and more
- + Support virtually every programming language
Use When
- → You want a highly customizable and extensible editor
- → You need an all-in-one computing environment in the terminal
Avoid When
- x You want a simple, easy-to-learn editor