# Emacs and Julia: how to

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**Category:** Tooling\
**Tags:** emacs\
**Created:** [December 9, 2024, 3:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/emacs-and-julia-how-to/123623 "2024-12-09T15:05:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![mihalybaci](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mihalybaci/32/13528_2.png) [@mihalybaci](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mihalybaci)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 4:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/emacs-and-julia-how-to/123623/2 "2024-12-09T16:10:53Z")

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Maybe a good start here?

> [@Current emacs recommendations?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/current-emacs-recommendations/109008):
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> For some reason I don’t understand, I thought I might try out emacs again 16 years after I decided I hate it. I like using hot keys and shortcuts more now, so maybe that’s it. When I looked at the emacs page, I learned that there are different “flavors” (GNU emacs, Xemacs, etc.). What do folks use and is there really a noticeable difference? Does the julia emacs extension even work with other versions? Aside from the Julia extension, are there any others that make learning (especially!) or usi…

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