Download location (HTTP): http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/emacs-21.2.tar.gz Download location (FTP): ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/emacs-21.2.tar.gz Version used: 21.2 Package size: 20 MB Estimated Disk space required: 65 MB |
The emacs package contains emacs, the extensible, customizable, self-documenting real-time display editor.
Install emacs by running the following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr && make bootstrap && make install |
The emacs package contains emacs, b2m, ctags, ebrowse, emacsclient, etags, grep-changelog, rcs-checkin, cvt-mail, digest-doc, emacsserver, fakemail, hexl, movemail, profile, rcs2log, sorted-doc, vcdiff, yow.
The editor proper.
b2m is a program to convert mail files from RMAIL format to Unix `mbox' format.
ctags creates cross reference tagfile database files for source code.
ebrowse permits browsing of C++ class hierarchies from with emacs.
emacsclient attaches an emacs session to an already running emacsserver instance.
etags is another program to generate source code cross reference tagfiles
grep-changelog prints entries in ChangeLogs matching various criteria.
rcs-checkin is a shell script used to check files into RCS
cvt-mail converts old style goslings emacs mail directories into gnu-rmail format.
digest-doc is a filter to create nroff output for man pages.
emacserver allows other applications/shells to access an already running emacs instance and share buffers with it.
fakemail is a sendmail-like interface to /bin/mail.
hexl converts files for editing with emacs hexl-mode binary file editing mode.
movemail provide access to POP3 mailboxes.
profile generates periodic events for profiling of Emacs Lisp code.
rcs2log generates change log prefixes from RCS files.
sorted-doc is a filter to generate texinfo files.
vcdiff compares SCCS files.
yow prints a quotation from Zippy the Pinhead.