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uemacs-pk

uEmacs/PK is an enhanced version of MicroEMACS

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/editors/uemacs/uemacs.git

Available Versions

Versionamd64x86alphaarmarm64hppamipsppcppc64riscvsparc
4.0.15_p20260224  : 0 EAPI 9 ~amd64 ~x86 ~alpha ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc
4.0.15_p20210330  : 0 EAPI 9 ~amd64 ~x86?alpha?arm?arm64?hppa?mips?ppc?ppc64 ~riscv?sparc
4.0.15_p20180719-r1  : 0 EAPI 9 amd64 x86?alpha?arm?arm64?hppa?mips?ppc?ppc64 ~riscv?sparc

Masks

  • This is an eviscerated version. Several core commands no longer work, notably C-x 2 (split-current-window), M-x describe-bindings and M-? (help). Furthermore, it adds an unconditional dependency on hunspell, hardcoding the American English dictionary. Masking this version for now because it seems inferior to the previous 20180719 snapshot. Bug #970594.
    Affected packages
    ~app-editors/uemacs-pk-4.0.15_p20260224
    Author/Date
    Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org> (2026-02-25)

Package Metadata

  • Full description
    WHAT IS uEmacs/PK? uEmacs/PK 4.0 is an enhanced version of MicroEMACS 3.9e. Enhancements have been incorporated by Petri H. Kutvonen, University of Helsinki, Finland, kutvonen@cs.Helsinki.FI. WHY IS IT BASED ON AN OLD VERSION OF MicroEMACS? In my opinion 3.9e was the best of all MicroEMACSes. Creeping featurism, growing size, and reduced portability made versions 3.10 and 3.11 less attractive. MicroEMACS 3.9e was one of the few editors that were truly portable between different flavours of UNIX, PC/MS-DOS, and VAX/VMS. It was pretty robust - although not flawless. uEmacs/PK 4.0 includes numerous bug fixes, adds some new functionality and comfort but does not sacrifice the best things (small size and portability).
  • License
    free-noncomm
  • Maintainer(s)
    Gentoo Emacs project