GNU Emacs Reviews & Product Details

I like that emacs comes on my Mac along with vim and nano. I had an easier time getting used to it over vim or nano, though I do use nano on occasion. I personally find it more user friendly for me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Like any other command line text editor, it takes a little getting used to. Otherwise, I don't have too many issues with emacs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Emacs is basically a fully programming language with a build in text editor, customizable to the bones; itself emacs has one of the most loyal and active community on the free software world Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

the learning curve is the most remarkable issue with emacs, Lisp itself is a quite paradigm breaker for any newcomer Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

All are command based, which means you click the keys and the result immediately show/update to you. You do not need scroll the screen. Multiple windows support, even can open for same file in different locations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Quite old. Not see major or new features update. For me, different search pattern support, multiple windows opened for different searchings is important for me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is the most expansive software. Language support and navigation support superb Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Key combinations not easy for fingers. Memory usage higher than other editors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is extremely versatile, and usable both in GUI and ncurses (console) mode. It is the only other tool (other being IPython) that I can use from a screen session. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Perhaps I could learn how to use an IDE emacs package, which would make GNU emacs much more useful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The flexibility of the editor. I'm using it for almost everything during my work day. There is support for every programming languages I tried (though with various degrees of support). Emacs is a live programming environment, I greatly enjoy to be able to evaluate my code and in the editor and get feedback in live. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Emacs lisp isn't really a good programming language. I enjoy Lisp in general but Elisp isn't at the level of Common Lisp or scheme (depending on your religion), it is painful to do some simple things. Also, the standard library can be overwhelming as it is using a lot of quite terms unique to Emacs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is lightweight, both in terms of GUI usability and computing resources. It can be used as a terminal or a windowed application in most of desktop platforms.

But what brings it to excellence is how easily extensible Emacs is. The concept of mode allow getting syntax highlighting and shortcuts for most of the languages and text file formats used today, the user just have to use its great package system to fetch the language mode plugin. Besides, there are solutions such us Spacemacs or Prelude with pre-sets including most useful packages and customisations, providing a fully productive IDE solution out-of-the-box. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Emacs-LIPS is not the most expressive flavour of LISP. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Customizability. Configurability. The power given to the user. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The initial learning curve. It may seem daunting at first, but eases with time.

Also, the huge software. Sure it has a server client architecture, but even that could do good with additional improvements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Emacs is the one of the best text editor and it's free. It's powerful and customizable. Unlike many other editors, you could use emacs most of the systems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Steep learning curve. You can be lost with too many packages. Keyboard shortcuts could be rather non-intuitive for some. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Emacs is infinitely configurable and extensible. I have been using it for over 20 years and I am still learning new things every day. It is a joy to use and to learn about it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Because the configuration is done in Emacs Lisp, its learning curve can be quite daunting, particularly for complex configuration or customization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.