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

Unixoids swear by emacs, but everybody else almost always finds it impossible.

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

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

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

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

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