MicroEMACS
E1008111
MicroEMACS is a lightweight, portable text editor inspired by Emacs, designed to run on many operating systems with a smaller feature set and footprint.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MicroEMACS canonical | 2 |
| JASSPA MicroEmacs | 1 |
| mg (micro GNU Emacs) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12900303 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MicroEMACS Context triple: [Emacs family of editors, hasMember, MicroEMACS]
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A.
XEmacs
XEmacs is a highly customizable, extensible text editor and development environment that forked from GNU Emacs and evolved with its own features, interface enhancements, and community.
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B.
GNU Emacs
GNU Emacs is a highly extensible, customizable text editor and computing environment that serves as a flagship project of the GNU system and the free software movement.
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C.
TECO Emacs
TECO Emacs is an early, TECO-based text editor that served as a direct precursor and foundational influence to modern Emacs implementations like GNU Emacs.
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D.
Emacs family of editors
The Emacs family of editors is a lineage of highly extensible, customizable text editors—most notably GNU Emacs—that serve as powerful, programmable environments for text editing and software development.
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E.
Multics Emacs
Multics Emacs is an early, extensible text editor developed for the Multics operating system that helped shape the design and philosophy of later Emacs implementations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MicroEMACS Target entity description: MicroEMACS is a lightweight, portable text editor inspired by Emacs, designed to run on many operating systems with a smaller feature set and footprint.
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A.
XEmacs
XEmacs is a highly customizable, extensible text editor and development environment that forked from GNU Emacs and evolved with its own features, interface enhancements, and community.
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B.
GNU Emacs
GNU Emacs is a highly extensible, customizable text editor and computing environment that serves as a flagship project of the GNU system and the free software movement.
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C.
TECO Emacs
TECO Emacs is an early, TECO-based text editor that served as a direct precursor and foundational influence to modern Emacs implementations like GNU Emacs.
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D.
Emacs family of editors
The Emacs family of editors is a lineage of highly extensible, customizable text editors—most notably GNU Emacs—that serve as powerful, programmable environments for text editing and software development.
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E.
Multics Emacs
Multics Emacs is an early, extensible text editor developed for the Multics operating system that helped shape the design and philosophy of later Emacs implementations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
software
ⓘ
text editor ⓘ |
| category |
Unix text editor
ⓘ
console application ⓘ programming tool ⓘ |
| createdBy | Dave Conroy ⓘ |
| designGoal |
Emacs-like behavior
ⓘ
efficiency ⓘ portability ⓘ small size ⓘ |
| developedBy |
Dave Conroy
ⓘ
subsequent contributors ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | uEmacs ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
cross-platform
ⓘ
lightweight ⓘ portable ⓘ reduced feature set ⓘ small footprint ⓘ |
| hasImplementationLanguage | C ⓘ |
| hasNotableFork |
JASSPA MicroEmacs
ⓘ
linked to:
MicroEMACS
mg (micro GNU Emacs) ⓘ
linked to:
MicroEMACS
uEmacs/PK ⓘ
linked to:
uEmacs
|
| hasUserInterface |
terminal-based interface
ⓘ
text-based interface ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Emacs editing model
ⓘ
Emacs keybindings ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Emacs
ⓘ
linked to:
Emacs family of editors
|
| license | non-free license (original versions) ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Emacs-like editing in constrained environments
ⓘ
small memory usage ⓘ wide portability across operating systems ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
GNU Emacs
ⓘ
mg editor ⓘ vi ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1985 ⓘ |
| runsOn |
AmigaOS
ⓘ
Atari ST ⓘ CP/M ⓘ MS-DOS ⓘ Microsoft Windows ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
Unix-like systems ⓘ VMS ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
configuration via startup files
ⓘ
customization ⓘ keyboard shortcuts ⓘ macros (in some variants) ⓘ multiple platforms ⓘ text editing ⓘ |
| targetUser |
programmers
ⓘ
system administrators ⓘ users of resource-limited systems ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: MicroEMACS Description of subject: MicroEMACS is a lightweight, portable text editor inspired by Emacs, designed to run on many operating systems with a smaller feature set and footprint.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: MicroEMACS
linked to: MicroEMACS