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martyb [soylentnews.org] writes:

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

Version 25.1 of the Emacs text editor is now available.

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

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 [gnu.org]
- http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/emacs/emacs-25.1.tar.gz [gnu.org]

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

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

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

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

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

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