Emacs-21.3

Introduction to Emacs

The Emacs package contains the extensible, customizable, self-documenting real-time display editor.

Package information

Download (HTTP): http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/emacs-21.3.tar.gz
Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/emacs-21.3.tar.gz
Download size: 20 MB
Estimated Disk space required: 92.5 MB
Estimated build time: 4.20 SBU

Emacs dependencies

Optional

X (XFree86-4.4.0 or X.org-6.7.0), libjpeg-6b, libpng-1.2.5, libtiff-3.6.1 and libungif-4.1.0b1

Installation of Emacs

Install Emacs by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr \
   --libexecdir=/usr/sbin &&
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 and yow.

Description

emacs

The editor proper.

b2m

b2m is a program to convert mail files from RMAIL format to Unix “mbox” format.

ctags

ctags creates cross-reference tagfile database files for source code.

ebrowse

ebrowse permits browsing of C++ class hierarchies from within emacs.

emacsclient

emacsclient attaches an emacs session to an already running emacsserver instance.

etags

etags is another program to generate source code cross-reference tagfiles.

grep-changelog

grep-changelog prints entries in Change Logs matching various criteria.

rcs-checkin

rcs-checkin is a shell script used to check files into RCS.

cvt-mail

cvt-mail converts old style goslings emacs mail directories into gnu-rmail format.

digest-doc

digest-doc is a filter to create nroff output for man pages.

emacsserver

emacserver allows other applications/shells to access an already running emacs instance and share buffers with it.

fakemail

fakemail is a sendmail-like interface to /bin/mail.

hexl

hexl converts files for editing with emacs hexl-mode binary file editing mode.

movemail

movemail provides access to POP3 mailboxes.

profile

profile generates periodic events for profiling of Emacs Lisp code.

rcs2log

rcs2log generates change log prefixes from RCS files.

sorted-doc

sorted-doc is a filter to generate texinfo files.

vcdiff

vcdiff compares SCCS files.

yow

yow prints a quotation from Zippy the Pinhead.