emacs
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of emacs
C20: from e ( ditor mac ( ro ) s
Example Sentences
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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 John Goerzen
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
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
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
You may see a lot of weird looking characters as it uploads into emacs, but those will disappear when you hit control-X and then control-C.
From Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet by Electronic Frontier Foundation
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