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		troels on April 9, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The bare essential guide to Emacs Unlike vim, I never use Emacs within a terminal. I use a standalone application, which has all the desktop chrome that comes with that. Including a quit button.

cema on April 9, 2011 [–]

I too use Emacs mostly as a standalone but turn the chrome off. But the chrome is useful for a beginner.

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