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author: Alessandro Luini
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category-page: advanced
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category-title: Advanced commands
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tags: advanced text editor
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title: emacs
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<p>Emacs is one of the oldest and most versatile text editors available for
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UNIX-based systems. It's been around for a long time (more than twenty years
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for GNU emacs) and is well known for its powerful and rich editing features.
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Emacs is also more than just a text editor; it can be customized and
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extended with different "modes", enabling it to be used like an
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Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for programming languages
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like Java, C or Python.<br><br>
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For those who have used both the ubiquitous vi and the user-friendly nano,
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emacs would come as an interesting cross-between. Its strengths and features
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would resemble those of vi while its menus, help files and easy-to-remember
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command-keys would compare with nano.<br><br>
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In this article, we will see how we can install emacs
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in a Linux system and use it for basic text editing. Emacs
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is also available for graphical window managers for Linux like
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GNOME; however we will only cover the "text based" version here.</p>
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<h3>How to install</h3>
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<p> running the following command:
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</p><pre>emacs</pre>
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<p>else:</p>
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<pre>install emacs</pre>
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<br><br>
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<p>Open a file, or create it like this:</p>
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<pre> emacs file1.txt</pre>
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<br>
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<p> Follow the simple manual that will be open.</p>
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