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GNU Emacs vs Playscii

A side-by-side look at GNU Emacs and Playscii. 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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Playscii

Playscii

Games

Playscii is a free and open-source ASCII art editor that allows you to create pixel art and animations using text characters. It has a simple interface with drawing tools and supports exporting creations as animated GIFs.

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