Emacs

The Emacs text editor has long had a legion of devoted fans. Whether you've been using Emacs for many years or you're new to the software, the tips, tricks, plugins, and more shared by Opensource.com authors will help you use this popular software better.

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.

Use Emacs to get social and track your todo list

Access Twitter, Reddit, chat, email, RSS, and your todo list in the nineteenth in our series on 20 ways to be more productive with open source in 2020.

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.

Emacs for Vim users: Getting started with the Spacemacs text editor

Spacemacs offers all the power of Emacs combined with the keystroke commands and functionality you are used to in Vim.

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