emacs

The extensible, customizable, self-documenting, real-time display editor.

See also `emacsclient`.

More information.

• Start Emacs and open a file:

emacs {path/to/file}

• Open a file at a specified line number:

emacs +{line_number} {path/to/file}

• Start Emacs in console mode (without an X window):

emacs --no-window-system

• Start an Emacs server in the background (accessible via `emacsclient`):

emacs --daemon

• Stop a running Emacs server and all its instances, asking for confirmation on unsaved files:

emacsclient --eval '(save-buffers-kill-emacs)'

• Save a file in Emacs:

Ctrl + X, Ctrl + S

• Quit Emacs:

Ctrl + X, Ctrl + C

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