Additional Information
An extensible, customizable, free/libre text editor and more!
| Latest Version | Emacs 28.1 |
| Requirements |
Mac OS X 10.6 or later |
| Updated | June 25, 2023 |
| Author | Free Software Foundation |
| Category | Developer Tools |
| License | Open Source |
| Language | English |
| Download | 81 |
Overview
Emacs for Mac is an amazing, extensible, customizable, free/libre text editor for macOS and much more! At its core is an interpreter for the tool Lisp, a dialect of the Lisp programming language with extensions to support text editing. The Emacs for macOS distribution includes the full source code for the manuals, as well as several the tool Reference Cards in various languages.
The features of GNU Emacs include:
The features of GNU Emacs include:
- Content-aware editing modes, including syntax coloring, for many file types.
- Complete built-in documentation, including a tutorial for new users.
- Full Unicode support for nearly all human scripts.
- Highly customizable, using the tool Lisp code or a graphical interface.
- An entire ecosystem of functionality beyond text editing, including a project planner, mail and news reader, debugger interface, calendar, and more.
- A packaging system for downloading and installing extensions.
Emacs has a wide variety of new features, including:
- Limited form of concurrency with Lisp threads
- Support for optional display of line numbers in the buffer
- It now uses double buffering to reduce flicker on the X Window System
- Flymake has been completely redesigned
- TRAMP has a new connection method for Google Drive
- New single-line horizontal scrolling mode
- A system user unit file is provided
- Support for 24-bit colors on capable text terminals
Note: Unzip the archive preserving the directory structure and run bin\runemacs.exe to start the program. You can create a desktop shortcut to this file for easier use.
