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Emacs

Emacs is a text editor originally developed by Richard Stallman in 1984. Emacs is coded in it's own Lisp dialect (known as Emacs lisp). While it used to be very popular, it has dwindled in popularity as of late; with Vim being a more common text editor as of late. It has been recommended by several vtluug members, with the rest recommending Vim. It has been criticized for doing too much, due to it having a built in calendar, calculator, e-mail client, and several games.