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6 QEmacs (for Quick Emacs) is a very small but powerful text editor. It has
7 the following features:
8 * Full screen editor with an Emacs look and feel with all Emacs common
9 features: multi-buffer, multi-window, command mode, universal argument,
10 keyboard macros, config file with C like syntax, minibuffer with
11 completion and history.
12 * Can edit files of hundreds of megabytes quickly by using a highly
13 optimized internal representation and by mmaping the file.
14 * Full UTF8 support, including bidirectional editing respecting the Unicode
15 bidi algorithm. Arabic and Indic scripts handling (in progress).
16 * WYSIWYG HTML/XML/CSS2 mode graphical editing. Also supports lynx like
17 rendering on VT100 terminals. WYSIWYG DocBook mode based on XML/CSS2
19 * C mode: coloring with immediate update. Emacs like auto-indent.
20 * Shell mode: colorized VT100 emulation so that your shell work exactly as
21 you expect. You can run interactive terminal apps directly in the process
22 buffer: mc, MenuConfig, or even qemacs itself! Compile mode with
24 * Input methods for most languages, including Chinese (input methods come
25 from the Yudit editor).
26 * Hexadecimal editing mode with insertion and block commands. Unicode hexa
27 editing of UTF8 files also supported.
28 * Works on any VT100 terminals without termcap. UTF8 VT100 support included
29 with double width glyphs.
30 * X11 support. Support multiple proportionnal fonts at the same time (as
32 * Small! Full version is about 150KB. Smaller custom versions can be built