Easymacs 2.0

Easymacs - Easy-to-learn, one-size-fits-all configuration for new users of GNU Emacs
Easymacs is an easy-to-learn, one-size-fits-all configuration for new users of GNU Emacs. Easymacs will automatically set up key bindings that will attempt to conform to a common denominator of the OS X/Gnome/KDE/Microsoft Windows human interface guidelines, and will also provide function-key bindings for other powerful Emacs features.

Easymacs is fully documented, and the new user can productively edit text right away, without going through the Emacs tutorial. Many commonly-used functions can be accessed without having to learn the "chords", or multiple serial keystrokes that Emacs uses by default.

Easymacs was designed with the non-programmer in mind, someone who would like to use Emacs to edit mainly text files, especially LaTeX and TEI-conforming XML.

Since many aspects of the configuration of Emacs require a certain knowledge of programming, this sort of person might find the default behavior of Emacs too foreign and too hard to reconfigure.

In other words, Easymacs is an Emacs configuration for people who:

hate Emacs.

find Emacs confusing.

want to get started quickly.

are accustomed to modern keyboard shortcuts.

can't remember long, cryptic sequences of keystrokes.

don't want to spend years configuring their text editor.

don't like reading masses of documentation.

don't like the Emacs tutorial.

are impatient.

are lazy.

Requirements:

Emacs 22


NOTE: Detailed installation instructions for the Mac OS X can be found HERE.