uEmacs
E1008115
uEmacs is a lightweight, minimalist text editor derived from the Emacs family, designed to provide core Emacs-like functionality with a much smaller footprint.
All labels observed (3)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12900308 — 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: uEmacs Context triple: [Emacs family of editors, hasMember, uEmacs]
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A.
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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B.
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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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.
Sam text editor
Sam text editor is a powerful, programmable text editor from Bell Labs, designed by Rob Pike with a structural regular-expression-based command language and tight integration between its command and editing interfaces.
- 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: uEmacs Target entity description: uEmacs is a lightweight, minimalist text editor derived from the Emacs family, designed to provide core Emacs-like functionality with a much smaller footprint.
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A.
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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B.
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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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.
Sam text editor
Sam text editor is a powerful, programmable text editor from Bell Labs, designed by Rob Pike with a structural regular-expression-based command language and tight integration between its command and editing interfaces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Emacs family editor
ⓘ
free software ⓘ text editor ⓘ |
| category |
Emacs-like editors
ⓘ
lightweight text editors ⓘ |
| comparison | smaller and simpler than GNU Emacs ⓘ |
| derivedFrom |
Emacs
ⓘ
linked to:
Emacs family of editors
|
| designGoal |
lightweight
ⓘ
minimalist ⓘ small footprint ⓘ |
| developer |
Daniel Lawrence
ⓘ
Dave Conroy ⓘ Petri Kutvonen ⓘ |
| doesNotInclude |
full Emacs Lisp interpreter
ⓘ
package manager ⓘ |
| editingModel | Emacs-style keybindings ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
MicroEMACS
ⓘ
uEmacs/PK ⓘ
linked to:
uEmacs
µEmacs ⓘ
linked to:
uEmacs
|
| hasConfiguration |
compile-time options
ⓘ
keybinding tables in source ⓘ |
| implementationLanguage | C ⓘ |
| influenced |
later MicroEMACS variants
ⓘ
other small Emacs clones ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Emacs
ⓘ
linked to:
Emacs family of editors
|
| license | permissive free software license ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
console-based user interface
ⓘ
fast startup time ⓘ portable C codebase ⓘ small binary size ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| provides | core Emacs-like functionality ⓘ |
| softwareGenre | text editor ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
configuration via source code changes
ⓘ
key rebinding ⓘ macros ⓘ multiple buffers ⓘ search and replace ⓘ syntax highlighting ⓘ |
| targetPlatform |
AmigaOS
ⓘ
Atari ST ⓘ MS-DOS ⓘ Microsoft Windows ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
Unix-like systems ⓘ VMS ⓘ |
| userInterface | terminal-based ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: uEmacs Description of subject: uEmacs is a lightweight, minimalist text editor derived from the Emacs family, designed to provide core Emacs-like functionality with a much smaller footprint.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: uEmacs
linked to: uEmacs
linked to: uEmacs