Emacs

• This page collects information on working with Emacs specifically on the XO.
• Emacs is an extensible text-editor, customizable through Emacs Lisp
• It runs from the terminal, not from within the Sugar desktop, so is mainly of use to developers.
• For general Emacs information, please see http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emacs or http://www.emacswiki.org/

How do I install Emacs?

enter the Terminal_Activity and type

su
yum install emacs

as found here

Running Emacs

Since Emacs was installed from the terminal, and not as an activity, it must be started from the terminal.

emacs -nw

will start Emacs in text mode within terminal.

Python mode

• http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/PythonMode
• http://sourceforge.net/projects/python-mode/
• http://thegrout.blogspot.com/2008/03/emacs-python-cheatsheet.html

What about alternatives?

• see TextEditor
• vi and Nano should already be available through the Terminal activity.
• Install MicroEMACS by copying this file to the laptop.
• Zile may be closer to what you expect from Emacs. Install this rpm file to get it.

See Also

LISP