One of the latest and greatest OLD pieces of software you can add to your computer is the Emacs text editor, or more specifically the GNU Emacs editor.

What can Emacs do? First and foremost it is a text editor, you write with it. If you write documents, notes or code Emacs can do it. Emacs runs on Windows, Mac and Linux, it runs with a nifty graphic screen or just in text mode. The emphasis for Emacs is letting you enter and edit whatever you want, efficiently.

How can I get Emacs on my computer?

• Click on the GNU Emacs link below. The current release of emacs is version 29.4, released on June 22, 2024.

GNU Emacs

• Select your Operating System
• Follow the instructions specific to your Operating System
• For Windows, you will want to download the Emacs installer file
• After downloading, run the installer, Emacs installs like any other Windows program
• Run Emacs and walk through the built in tutorial, the tutorial will be offered on screen when you start Emacs

You can read Emacs documentation from within the program or online[2]
In addition to the built in documentation there is an online tour[3] of the program to get you started.

1 Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License
2 Emacs Documentation
3 Emacs Tour

• Free Software