Emacs 22 Enhancements Make Venerable Editor Flashy Again

“Emacs 22.1 hit the street a month ago, a long-awaited update to
the GNU project’s customizable and extensible do-everything
super-editor that has been six years in the making. Here’s a look
at what you’ll find in the new version.

“Befitting a six-year release cycle, the list of changes in
Emacs 22.1 is enormous; 224KB in plain text. The bulk of new
features live in the editor’s major and minor modes–modules
tailored to specific kinds of work, be it BibTeX editing or Lisp
programming–rather than in the core editing functionality. But
there are improvements that all Emacs users will find
significant…”

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