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GNU Emacs vs Textadept

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

Textadept

Development

Textadept is a fast, minimalist, and customizable text editor for programmers. It has syntax highlighting and auto-completion for many programming languages and supports plugins for additional features.

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