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huwwa 668a4be142 shell: avoid leaving stray processes when reusing a shell buffer
* check for active processes in shell buffers before reusing them,
  and prompt the user to kill the running process to avoid leaving
  it detached and unreachable.
2026-05-06 14:23:14 +02:00
.github/workflows CI: disable linux-s390x target 2026-04-28 18:06:49 +02:00
cp Update mapping tables 2020-11-07 17:51:16 +01:00
fonts Initial revision 2004-05-29 10:17:37 +00:00
kmap added remove_slash and append_slash path utilities 2008-01-03 09:51:29 +00:00
lang avoid mode name collision 2026-05-06 14:23:14 +02:00
libqhtml use FALLTHROUGH instead of fallthrough to avoid clash with x11 2026-03-14 21:55:25 +01:00
modes shell: avoid leaving stray processes when reusing a shell buffer 2026-05-06 14:23:14 +02:00
plugins Remove references to global qe_state (#45) 2024-12-01 23:34:00 +01:00
tests Fixed color handling 2024-09-08 01:06:17 +02:00
tools fix clang 17 compilation warnings 2026-03-14 21:33:53 +01:00
.gitignore cosmetics: remove trailing spaces, add trailing newline 2025-02-05 00:21:24 +01:00
arabic.c Change license to MIT 2023-03-05 02:04:02 +01:00
buffer.c feature: Add back-to-indentation command (#98) 2026-04-30 15:43:28 +02:00
cfb.c Change license to MIT 2023-03-05 02:04:02 +01:00
cfb.h Change license to MIT 2023-03-05 02:04:02 +01:00
charset.c Fix put_status/put_error behavior (#47) 2024-12-03 22:52:55 +01:00
charset.h Remove references to global qe_state (#45) 2024-12-01 23:34:00 +01:00
charsetjis.c Remove references to global qe_state (#45) 2024-12-01 23:34:00 +01:00
charsetjis.def Improve completion system 2020-10-27 08:38:12 +01:00
charsetmore.c Remove references to global qe_state (#45) 2024-12-01 23:34:00 +01:00
color.c Improve mouse support 2024-11-10 00:44:20 +01:00
color.h Fixed color handling 2024-09-08 01:06:17 +02:00
config.eg Initial post on github 2020-10-24 23:59:54 +02:00
configure Atari port fixes (#35) 2024-07-28 00:04:20 +02:00
cutils.c Add utility functions 2024-08-31 13:49:00 +02:00
cutils.h Fix compile warning on macOS (#107) 2026-05-04 08:29:43 +02:00
display.c fix clang 17 compilation warnings 2026-03-14 21:33:53 +01:00
display.h Fix put_status/put_error behavior (#47) 2024-12-03 22:52:55 +01:00
extras.c windows: fix glitches in window size management (#109) 2026-05-05 21:07:03 +02:00
fbfrender.c Change license to MIT 2023-03-05 02:04:02 +01:00
fbfrender.h Change license to MIT 2023-03-05 02:04:02 +01:00
haiku.cpp Remove references to global qe_state (#45) 2024-12-01 23:34:00 +01:00
html2png.c Update README.md, VERSION and copyrights 2025-02-10 07:51:29 +01:00
indic.c Change license to MIT 2023-03-05 02:04:02 +01:00
input.c Fix put_status/put_error behavior (#47) 2024-12-03 22:52:55 +01:00
kmap.c Remove references to global qe_state (#45) 2024-12-01 23:34:00 +01:00
kmaps added more Hebrew keymaps 2007-12-09 23:31:38 +00:00
libfbf.c Change license to MIT 2023-03-05 02:04:02 +01:00
libfbf.h Change license to MIT 2023-03-05 02:04:02 +01:00
libregexp-opcode.h Add regex support for search and replace 2023-03-05 13:34:19 +01:00
libregexp.c use FALLTHROUGH instead of fallthrough to avoid clash with x11 2026-03-14 21:55:25 +01:00
libregexp.h Add regex support for search and replace 2023-03-05 13:34:19 +01:00
libunicode-table.h Add regex support for search and replace 2023-03-05 13:34:19 +01:00
libunicode.c Fix linux compilation problems 2023-03-05 14:36:44 +01:00
libunicode.h Add regex support for search and replace 2023-03-05 13:34:19 +01:00
LICENSE Improve C-like language colorizers (#53) 2024-12-14 20:27:25 +01:00
ligatures Add charset probing functions 2014-03-01 22:37:26 +00:00
Makefile add support for the Algol68 language 2026-02-06 13:02:09 +01:00
qe-doc.html typo fix 2025-02-06 11:56:36 +01:00
qe-doc.texi typo fix 2025-02-06 11:56:36 +01:00
qe-manual.c Improve documentation, configure and CI(#31) 2024-05-20 19:43:01 +02:00
qe-manual.md Improve tcl colorizer 2025-02-09 12:54:27 +01:00
qe.1 Initial revision 2004-05-29 10:17:37 +00:00
qe.c shell: avoid leaving stray processes when reusing a shell buffer 2026-05-06 14:23:14 +02:00
qe.h windows: fix glitches in window size management (#109) 2026-05-05 21:07:03 +02:00
qe.tcc Initial revision 2004-05-29 10:17:37 +00:00
qemacs.rdef haiku: add qemacs.rdef icon 2017-03-28 20:11:55 +00:00
qemacs.spec fixed typos, comments 2006-12-09 19:02:07 +00:00
qescript.c use FALLTHROUGH instead of fallthrough to avoid clash with x11 2026-03-14 21:55:25 +01:00
qestyles.h Various improvements 2022-09-19 15:16:59 +02:00
README.md docfix: fix LICENCE file name in README.md 2026-04-28 18:25:12 +02:00
search.c fix: occur command didn't clear the previous result (#104) 2026-05-01 09:25:56 +02:00
TODO.md Make important TODOs more obvious 2026-04-30 11:14:26 +02:00
tqe.c Default to is_player mode: qe starts dired when invoked with no arguments 2022-08-28 00:40:58 +02:00
tty.c Revert "fix bottom right corner refresh" 2026-04-30 15:38:40 +02:00
unicode_join.c Fix asan crash bug (#49) 2024-12-05 12:04:58 +01:00
unicode_join.h Update copyrights 2024-07-28 00:00:03 +02:00
unifont.lig Initial revision 2004-05-29 10:17:37 +00:00
unix.c Fix compile warning on macOS (#107) 2026-05-04 08:29:43 +02:00
util.c fix clang 17 compilation warnings 2026-03-14 21:33:53 +01:00
util.h Update README.md, VERSION and copyrights 2025-02-10 07:51:29 +01:00
variables.c Fix put_status/put_error behavior (#47) 2024-12-03 22:52:55 +01:00
variables.h Remove references to global qe_state (#45) 2024-12-01 23:34:00 +01:00
VERSION Update README.md, VERSION and copyrights 2025-02-10 07:51:29 +01:00
wcwidth.c Update glyph width methodology 2022-09-27 22:30:05 +02:00
wcwidth.h add include guard in wcwidth.h 2022-09-27 22:38:29 +02:00
win32.c Remove references to global qe_state (#45) 2024-12-01 23:34:00 +01:00
x11.c Update README.md, VERSION and copyrights 2025-02-10 07:51:29 +01:00

Quick Emacs (QEmacs)

Welcome to QEmacs! A small but powerful UNIX editor with many features that even big editors lack.

Quick Description

QEmacs is a small text editor targeted 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 common Emacs features: multi-buffer, multi-window, command mode, universal argument, keyboard macros, config file with C-like syntax, minibuffer with completion and history.

  • Can edit huge files (hundreds of megabytes) without delay, using a highly optimized internal representation and memory mapping for large files.

  • Full Unicode support, including multi charset handling (8859-x, UTF8, SJIS, EUC-JP, ...) and bidirectional editing respecting the Unicode bidi algorithm. Arabic and Indic scripts handling (in progress). Automatic end of line detection.

  • C mode: coloring with immediate update, auto-indent, automatic tags.

  • Shell mode: full color VT100 terminal emulation so your shell works exactly as you expect. Compile mode with colorized error messages, automatic error message parser jumps to next/previous error, works with grep too. The shell buffer is a fully functional terminal: you can run qemacs, vim or even emacs recursively!

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

  • Binary and hexadecimal in place editing mode with insertion and block commands. Unicode hexa editing of UTF-8 files also supported. Can patch binary files, preserving every byte outside the modified areas.

  • Works on any VT100 terminal without termcap. UTF-8 VT100 support included with double width glyphs.

  • X11 support. Supports multiple proportional fonts at the same time (like XEmacs). X Input methods supported. Xft extension supported for anti-aliased font display.

  • Bitmap images are displayed on graphics displays and as colored text on text terminals, which is handy when browsing files over an ssh connection. (QEmacs uses the public domain stb_image package for image parsing.

Building QEmacs

  • Launch the custom configuration script ./configure. You can list the available options by typing ./configure --help.

  • Type make to compile qemacs and its associated tools.

  • Type make install as root to install it in /usr/local.

QEmacs Documentation

Read the file qe-doc.html.

Licensing

QEmacs is released under the MIT license. (read the accompanying LICENSE file).

Contributing to QEmacs

QEmacs official repository is available on Github. You are welcome to contribute by opening an issue or submitting a Pull Request. Older discussions are archived on the qemacs-devel mailing list.

Authors

QEmacs was started in 2000. The initial version was developped by Fabrice Bellard and Charlie Gordon, who since then, has been maintaining and extending it.