{{Distinguish|eMac}}
[[File:Emacs Dired buffers.png|thumb|Editing multiple [[Dired]] buffers in [[GNU Emacs]]]]

'''Emacs''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|iː|m|æ|k|s}} and its derivatives are a family of [[text editor]]s that are characterized by their [[extensibility]]. The manual for the most widely-used variant, [[GNU Emacs]], describes it as "the extensible, customizable, self-documenting, real-time display editor".<ref>{{cite web|title=GNU Emacs Manual|url=https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/index.html|work=GNU Emacs Manual|publisher=FSF|accessdate=24 November 2012}}</ref>  Development of the first Emacs began in the mid-1970s and continues actively {{as of|2014|lc=on}}. Emacs has over 2,000 built-in commands and allows the user to combine these commands into [[macro (computer science)|macros]] to automate work. The use of [[Emacs Lisp]], a variant of the [[Lisp (programming language)|Lisp]] programming language, provides a deep extension capability.