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GNU Emacs vs Notepad++

A side-by-side look at GNU Emacs and Notepad++. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

GNU Emacs

GNU Emacs

Development

GNU Emacs is a popular, open source text editor and computing environment. It runs on most operating systems and provides extensibility through an Emacs Lisp interpreter.

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Notepad++

Notepad++

Development

Notepad++ is a free and open-source text editor for Windows. It supports syntax highlighting for over 100 programming languages and markup languages. Notepad++ is highly customizable with plugins and themes and includes features like multi-view editing, macro recording and code folding.

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