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Computing in freedom with GNU Emacs
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This is a holistic introduction to Emacs: how useful it is and how it champions free software. It is a modified version of the talk I did for the “FLOSS @ Oxford” event, organised by people at the University of Oxford. This is the page I wrote about that event: https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-03-12-my-emacs-talk-floss-oxford/ . Table of Contents This is a holistic introduction to Emacs Emacs as a capable text editor Support for Unicode Include several fonts on the same page Emacs can display graphics alongside text Emacs is an extensible text editor Extending Emacs creates a community The extensibility of Emacs happens live My view without the “presentation mode” Emacs puts you in control of your computing Your control extends to all workflows For an integrated computing environment Many apps do not combine nicely Emacs makes your workflow consistent Integrated computing in practice Emacs makes integration easier Integration gives you emergent properties This is plain text that works like a slideshow Consistency facilitates productivity Consistency remove the cognitive burden The consistency of Emacs in action Use Emacs Lisp to configure everything Learning Emacs Lisp improves…
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Protesilaos Stavrou
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