emacs

British  

/ ˈiːmæks /

noun

1. computing a powerful computer program used for creating and editing text, functioning primarily through keyboard commands

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Etymology

Origin of emacs

C20: from e ( ditor mac ( ro ) s

Example Sentences

The *nix users running emacs or vi tended to use variants of the standard Unix spell command, such as ispell or aspell.

From The Project Gutenberg FAQ 2002 by Tinsley, Jim

The default text editor it generally calls up when you hit your r or m key is often a program called emacs.

From Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet by Electronic Frontier Foundation

Remember that you have to hit enter before your cursor gets to the end of the line, because emacs does not have word wrapping.

From Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet by Electronic Frontier Foundation

The single most important emacs command is control-x control-c This means, depress your control key and hit x.

From Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet by Electronic Frontier Foundation

Mail programs and text editors such as pico and pine promise much of the power of older programs such as emacs at a fraction of the complexity.

From Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet by Electronic Frontier Foundation