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*This page collects information on working with Emacs specifically on the XO.
*This page collects information on working with Emacs specifically on the XO.
*Emacs is an extensible text-editor, customizable through Emacs [[Lisp]]
*Emacs is an extensible text-editor, customizable through Emacs [[Lisp]]
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== Alternatives ==
== What about alternatives? ==
* see [[TextEditor]]
* see [[TextEditor]]

* ''vi'' and [[Nano]] should already be available through the Terminal activity.
* Install [http://www.mtxia.com/fancyIndex/Tools/Editors/MicroEMACS/ MicroEMACS] by copying [http://www.mtxia.com/fancyIndex/Tools/Editors/MicroEMACS/me404linux.bin this file] to the laptop.
* [http://zile.sourceforge.net/ Zile] may be closer to what you expect from Emacs. Install [ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/fedora/extras/6/i386/zile-2.2.19-1.fc6.i386.rpm this rpm file] to get it.


== See Also ==
== See Also ==
:''[[LISP]]''
[[LISP]]

Revision as of 13:40, 12 June 2008

This command is run in the standard Linux environment via the Terminal Activity. The GUI will probably not integrate comfortably with the XO Laptop's Sugar environment. Your user experience may vary considerably depending on the established environment and the other programs running on the laptop, may need re-installation after an OS Update. See the Linux software category for other commands.

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


Alternatives


See Also

LISP