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Aquamacs Emacs vs Bluefish Editor

A side-by-side look at Aquamacs Emacs and Bluefish Editor. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Aquamacs Emacs

Aquamacs Emacs

Development

Aquamacs Emacs is a free open-source text editor and command-line interface for macOS based on GNU Emacs. It has an intuitive, Aqua-inspired graphical user interface while providing advanced text editing features of Emacs.

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Bluefish Editor

Bluefish Editor

Development

Bluefish Editor is a free, open source text editor aimed primarily at programmers and webdevelopers. It has support for many programming languages and markup languages, and has many features useful for coding like syntax highlighting, code folding and snippets.

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