What is Emacs?

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At its core is an interpreter for Emacs Lisp, a dialect of the Lisp programming language with extensions to support text editing1.

  • Highly customizable
  • Complete built-in documentation
  • Wide range of functionality beyond editing

Highly customizable

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Complete built-in documentation

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Wide range of functionality beyond editing

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Resources