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		3flp on Feb 8, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask YC: Best text editor for Windows? Emacs + customisations.. nearly like Textpad but easier to use. Emacs is not really a text editor. It is some sort of OS for making text editors. You can have any text editor you like. Why would you use anything else? # There is a native Windows build. It is a normal Win app, with file selection dialogs, etc...

yters on Feb 9, 2008 [–]

For the windows build see here: http://ourcomments.org/Emacs/EmacsW32.html

This is the emacs wiki page on emacs for windows: http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/EmacsForWindows

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