Emacs

UPPMAX has multiple text editors available. This page describes the Emacs text editor.

Emacs is an advanced terminal editor that is fast fast and powerful, once you learn it.

Examples how to use Emacs

Start emacs on a terminal with:

emacs

Start emacs to edit a file:

emacs filename

Start Emacs keeping you in your terminal window:

emacs –nw

Do the editing you want, then save with:

Control-x, Control-s

Exit emacs with:

Control-x, Control-c

You can read a tutorial in emacs by doing:

Control-h t