emacs
The extensible, customizable, self-documenting, real-time display editor.
See also emacsclient
.
More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs.
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Start Emacs and open a file:
emacs {{path/to/file}}
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Open a file at a specified line number:
emacs +{{line_number}} {{path/to/file}}
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Run an Emacs Lisp file as a script:
emacs --script {{path/to/file.el}}
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Start Emacs in console mode (without an X window):
emacs --no-window-system
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Start an Emacs server in the background (accessible via
emacsclient
):
emacs --daemon
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Stop a running Emacs server and all its instances, asking for confirmation on unsaved files:
emacsclient --eval '(save-buffers-kill-emacs)'
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Save a file in Emacs:
Ctrl + X, Ctrl + S
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Quit Emacs:
Ctrl + X, Ctrl + C
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