emacs

/ ˈiːmæks /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of emacs¹

C20: from e ( ditor mac ( ro ) s

Example Sentences

To set up a Manubot project, users clone a dedicated GitHub repository to their computer and modify it using a standard programming text editor, such as Emacs or SublimeText.

From Nature

In an Emacs file, Gackle collects a list of contradictory statements that people have used to describe Hacker News.

From The New Yorker

There were four windows open: on the left, a Web browser and a terminal, for running analysis tools; on the right, two documents in the text editor Emacs, one a combination to-do list and notebook, the other filled with colorful code.

From The New Yorker

In that video, Rudd describes his struggle with RSI — the result of constant coding in the emacs text editor, a condition he calls ‘emacs pinkie’ — and his strategy for overcoming it.

From Nature

Two of the companies Verso has sold data to - Pro Dial and Emacs - have previously been fined by the ICO over the way they had conducted their cold-call businesses.

From BBC