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 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

Emacs provides an excellent interactive tutorial of its own; to read it, load Emacs with the emacs command and type F1 t.

From Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage by Goerzen, John

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

In fact, it's so important, it bears repeating: control-x control-c These keystrokes are how you get out of 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