GNU Emacs vs Notepad2
GNU Emacs
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| Figure | GNU Emacs | Notepad2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Text Editors | 9.0 (#4) | 7.8 (#56) |
| Column editing | Yes | Yes |
| Editing | It provides content-aware editing modes, including syntax coloring, for many file types. | Features include drag-and-drop editing, basic regular-expression search and replace, rectangular selection, brace matching, auto-indent and zoom. |
| Founded | 1990 | 2004 |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Large-file handling | Yes | Yes |
| Support | Users can seek help through the help-gnu-emacs mailing list or gnu.emacs.help newsgroup, and report bugs with M-x report-emacs-bug. | The maker invites comments or questions by note and lists a mailing list for update news. |
| Supported platforms | GNU/Linux, BSDs, Haiku, Windows, macOS, and Android. | Windows |
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Notepad2
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