Text editors

While Vim and Emacs are the heavyweights, they're not the only game in text editor town. Learn tips for making the most of those text editing applications, as well as some of the other options worth considering.

Getting started with lightweight alternatives to GNU Emacs

Slimmed-down (in size and features) alternatives allow you to take your text editor anywhere you go.

Install GNU Emacs on Windows

Even if your operating system is closed source, you can still use this popular open source text editor.

Who cares about Emacs?

GNU Emacs has been around for a long time—since 1983—but its continuous development makes it still relevant today.

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5 ways to use Emacs as your RPG dashboard

Emacs is a flexible way to organize and manage your tabletop role-playing games.

Send email and check your calendar with Emacs

Manage your email and view your schedule with the Emacs text editor in the eighteenth in our series on 20 ways to be more productive with open source in 2020.

6 things you should be doing with Emacs

Here are six things you may not have realized you could do with Emacs. Then, get our new cheat sheet to get the most out of Emacs.

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