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"Emacs pinky" listed at Redirects for discussion

Latest comment: 1 year ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The redirect Emacs pinky has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 January 18 § Emacs pinky until a consensus is reached. 1234qwer 1234qwer 4 16:20, 18 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

emacs vs GNU emacs

Latest comment: 10 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

A lot of this article talks about things specific to GNU emacs, when other implementations exist without these features. There's a GNU emacs article as well, so shouldn't the emacs article be for emacsen as a whole? mgjertson (talk) (contribs) 15:49, 9 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

Emacs turns 50

Latest comment: 4 days ago1 comment1 person in discussion

https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/20/1145399/emacs-turns-50/

Nothing too interesting in this, but article should probably cite it anyway. ~2026-56703-29 (talk) 20:12, 28 October 2026 (UTC)Reply