emacs

The extensible, customizable, self-documenting, real-time display editor. See also emacsclient. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/emacs.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install emacs
Ubuntu
apt-get install emacs
Alpine
apk add emacs
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S emacs
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install emacs
CentOS
yum install emacs-1
Fedora
dnf install emacs-1
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install emacs
OS X
brew install emacs
Raspbian
apt-get install emacs
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/emacs
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/emacs emacs powered by Commando

The extensible, customizable, self-documenting, real-time display editor. See also emacsclient. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs>.

  • Start Emacs and open a file:
    emacs path/to/file
  • Open a file at a specified line number:
    emacs +line_number path/to/file
  • Run an Emacs Lisp file as a script:
    emacs --script path/to/file.el
  • 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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