Yes! "Emacs as an application platform" is a really great way to quickly write text-focused, keyboard-controlled applications (as most developer tools are). It

Yes! "Emacs as an application platform" is a really great way to quickly write text-focused, keyboard-controlled applications (as most developer tools are). It even has graphical support in addition to running in the terminal, so you can use it wherever you would otherwise use ncurses as a straight upgrade. (As I recommend at the end of here[0]) [0] http://catern.com/posts/terminal_quirks.html http://catern.com/posts/terminal_quirks.html