QEmacs is a small but powerful text editor with an Emacs-like interface.
Designed for tasks such as embedded development and debugging, it combines a lightweight footprint with features often associated with much larger editors. It supports editing huge files efficiently, offers full Unicode handling, and includes both terminal and X11 interfaces.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Emacs-like editor with multi-buffer, multi-window, keyboard macros, minibuffer completion, and command mode.
- Edits very large files efficiently using an optimized internal representation and memory mapping.
- Provides full Unicode support, including multiple character sets and bidirectional text editing.
- Includes shell and compile modes with VT100 terminal emulation and colorized error parsing.
- Offers binary and hexadecimal editing modes for patching files in place.
- Works on VT100 terminals and also supports X11 with proportional fonts and anti-aliased font display.
Website: github.com/qemacs/qemacs
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Developer: qemacs
License: MIT License
QEmacs is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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