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GNU Emacs vs SynWrite

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

SynWrite

Development

SynWrite is a lightweight text editor and code editor for Windows. It has syntax highlighting, code folding, auto-completion, macros, and other coding-focused features. It aims to balance being lightweight while still providing useful functionality for programmers.

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