GNU Emacs: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 17:10, 4 October 2017

Versions

May 1992: GNU Emacs 18.58.3 for OS/2 2.0 download
1995: GNU Emacs 19.30
May 1996: GNU Emacs 19.31
Aug 1996: GNU Emacs 19.33
Jul 1999: GNU Emacs 20.3.1
Latest OS/2 version: v.20.6
Latest version: 25.2 (2017)

Syntax highlighting

Emacs traditionally does not support syntax highlighting, so you had to write your own mode for that to happen (mode is GNU speak for a filter), the version available for OS/2 used an older method to make this happen so the tutorials on the net are not 100% applicable, but you can use the Modula-2 mode listed in the links section below as a model for your own mode. It is not as difficult as it may seem at first.

License

Open source, currently released under the GNU GPL v3 License, older versions released under the GNU GPL v2 License and the original was in the Public Domain.

Authors

Free Software Foundation
Jeremy Bowen (OS/2 port)

Publications

Debra Cameron, Bill Rosenblatt, Eric Raymond: Learning GNU Emacs - O'Reilly 1996, ISBN 1-56592-152-6
Bob Glickstein: Writing GNU Emacs Extensions - O'Reilly 1997, ISBN 1-56592-261-1

Articles

Murray Todd Williams: EMACS IS the kitchen sink! - 1996 - From OS/2 eZine

Links

GNU Emacs homepage
Setup help for the OS/2 2.06 version also helps with the set-up of non-USA locales etc. - By Oliver Heidelbach
ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/apps/editors/emacs (Emacs folder on Hobbes)
Modula-2 editing support for OS/2 Emacs

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 ==License==
 * Open source, currently released under the [[GNU GPL v3 License]], older versions released under the [[GNU GPL v2 License]] and the original was in the [[Public Domain]].
+==Authors==
+* [[Free Software Foundation]]
+* [[Jeremy Bowen]] (OS/2 port)
+==Publications==
+* Debra Cameron, Bill Rosenblatt, Eric Raymond: ''Learning GNU Emacs'' - O'Reilly 1996, ISBN 1-56592-152-6
+* Bob Glickstein: ''Writing GNU Emacs Extensions'' - O'Reilly 1997, ISBN 1-56592-261-1
+;Articles
+* [[Murray Todd Williams]]: ''[http://www.os2ezine.com/v1n8/emacs.htm EMACS IS the kitchen sink!]'' - 1996 - From [[OS/2 eZine]]
 ==Links==
+* [http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ GNU Emacs homepage]
+* [http://home.snafu.de/ohei/emacs/emacs206-os2.html Setup help for the OS/2 2.06 version] also helps with the set-up of non-USA locales etc. - By Oliver Heidelbach
+* ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/apps/editors/emacs (Emacs folder on Hobbes)
+* [ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/dev/modula/m2emacs.zip Modula-2 editing support for OS/2 Emacs]
-[[Category:Open Source Software]]
+[[Category:Text editors]][[Category:Open Source Software]]