%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ Emacs-&emacs-version; Introduction to <application>Emacs</application> The Emacs package contains the extensible, customizable, self-documenting real-time display editor. Package information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download size: &emacs-size; Estimated disk space required: &emacs-buildsize; Estimated build time: &emacs-time; <application>Emacs</application> dependencies Optional X ( or ), , , and or Installation of <application>Emacs</application> Install Emacs by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr \ --libexecdir=/usr/sbin && make bootstrap && make install Contents 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.