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 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

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

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

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

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