GNU Emacs

Summary

GNU Emacs is a text editor^[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of text_editor entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (241 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• GNU Emacs is the creator of Richard Stallman^[3].
• GNU Emacs was influenced by Q131382^[4].
• GNU Emacs's image is recorded as GNU Emacs 26.2 screenshot.png^[5].
• GNU Emacs's instance of is recorded as text editor^[6].
• GNU Emacs's instance of is recorded as GNU package^[7].
• GNU Emacs's instance of is recorded as computing platform^[8].
• GNU Emacs's maintained by is recorded as John Wiegley^[9].
• GNU Emacs's maintained by is recorded as Eli Zaretskii^[10].
• GNU Emacs's maintained by is recorded as Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen^[11].
• GNU Emacs's maintained by is recorded as Richard Stallman^[12].
• GNU Emacs's maintained by is recorded as Andrea Corallo^[13].
• GNU Emacs's maintained by is recorded as Stefan Kangas^[14].
• GNU Emacs's movement is recorded as free software movement^[15].
• GNU Emacs's logo image is recorded as Emacs-logo.svg^[16].
• GNU Emacs's developer is recorded as GNU Project^[17].
• GNU Emacs's developer is recorded as Richard Stallman^[18].
• GNU Emacs's developer is recorded as Q92991^[19].
• GNU Emacs's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 183953183^[20].
• GNU Emacs's GND ID is recorded as 4280005-5^[21].
• GNU Emacs's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n91060970^[22].
• GNU Emacs's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12573216d^[23].
• GNU Emacs's IdRef ID is recorded as 035048808^[24].
• GNU Emacs's copyright license is recorded as Q27016754^[25].
• GNU Emacs's programmed in is recorded as Q15777^[26].
• GNU Emacs's programmed in is recorded as Emacs Lisp^[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

GNU Emacs is the creator of Richard Stallman^[3].

Publication

GNU Emacs's part of is recorded as GNU Project^[28].

Subject and Themes

GNU Emacs's movement is recorded as free software movement^[15].

Cultural Impact

Things named for GNU Emacs include Aidermacs^[29], an AI pair programming tool^[30].

Why It Matters

GNU Emacs ranks in the top 4% of text_editor entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (241 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

Entities named for it include Aidermacs^[29], an AI pair programming tool^[30].