A blog post highlighting the extensive built-in capabilities of Emacs, demonstrating how many third-party packages can be replaced with native Emacs features. The author shares personal experience of discovering these built-in tools over a decade of Emacs usage, emphasizing the editor's depth and extensibility through Elisp.
Background
Emacs is a highly extensible text editor known for its powerful built-in features and the ability to be customized using Emacs Lisp (Elisp). The term 'batteries included' refers to the comprehensive set of features that come pre-installed with the editor.
- Source
- Lobsters
- Published
- Jun 15, 2026 at 02:43 AM
- Score
- 5.0 / 10