---
name: "qemacs"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "qemacs"
version: "0.3.1.cvs.20050713-5"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/qemacs"
---

# qemacs(1)

tiny full-screen editor

## NAME

QEmacs - tiny full-screen editor

## SYNOPSIS

**qe** \[options\] file...

## DESCRIPTION

**qemacs** is a tiny editor targetted at embedded systems or debugging. Although it is very small, it has some very interesting features that even big editors lack :

\- Full screen editor with an Emacs look and feel with all Emacs common features: multi-buffer, multi-window, command mode, universal argument, keyboard macros, config file with C like syntax, minibuffer with completion and history.

\- Can edit files of hundreds of Megabytes without being slow by using a highly optimized internal representation and by mmaping the file.

\- Full UTF8 support, including bidirectional editing respecting the Unicode bidi algorithm. Arabic and Indic scripts handling (in progress).

\- C mode: coloring with immediate update. Emacs like auto-indent.

\- Shell mode: colorized VT100 emulation so that your shell work exactly as you expect. Compile mode with next/prev error.

\- Input methods for most languages, including Chinese (input methods come from the Yudit editor).

\- Hexadecimal editing mode with insertion and block commands. Unicode hexa editing of UTF8 files also supported.

\- Works on any VT100 terminals without termcap. UTF8 VT100 support included with double width glyphs.

\- X11 support. Support multiple proportionnal fonts at the same time (as XEmacs). X Input methods supported. Xft extension supported for anti aliased font display.

For more information and a list of key bindings please see /usr/share/doc/qemacs/README.gz.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS \<edmundo@rano.org\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).