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martyb writes:

For those who have mastered typing ctrl-alt-meta-cokebottle commands, there's a new release of the Emacs text editor:

Version 25.1 of the Emacs text editor is now available.

For more information on Emacs, see:
http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs

You can retrieve the source from your nearest GNU mirror by using one of the following links:
- http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/emacs/emacs-25.1.tar.xz
- http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/emacs/emacs-25.1.tar.gz

You can get the PGP signatures at
- http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/emacs-25.1.tar.xz.sig
- http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/emacs-25.1.tar.gz.sig

You can choose a mirror explicitly from the list at:
- http://www.gnu.org/prep/ftp.html

Mirrors may take some time to update; the main GNU ftp server is at:
- http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/

Highlights of this release include:

• Emacs can now load shared/dynamic libraries (modules)
• Experimental support for Cairo drawing
• Enhanced network security (TLS/SSL certificate validity and the like)
• New minor mode 'electric-quote-mode' for using curved quotes as you type
• Character folding support in isearch.el
• Xwidgets: a new feature for embedding native widgets inside Emacs buffers
• New and improved facilities for inserting Unicode characters

The Windows binaries have not yet been officially released but the adventuresome can jump in and take an unofficial look.

How do you type esc on a mobile phone/tablet?

[Update: It looks like Windows binaries have been released; see: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/. -martyb.]

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