Iphrojekthi ye-GNU ishicilele ukukhululwa komhleli wombhalo we-GNU Emacs 29.2. Kuze kube yilapho kukhululwa i-GNU Emacs 24.5, iphrojekthi yathuthukiswa ngaphansi kobuholi bomuntu siqu buka-Richard Stallman, owanikeza isikhundla somholi wephrojekthi ku-John Wiegley ekwindla ka-2015. Ikhodi yephrojekthi ibhalwe ngo-C no-Lisp futhi isakazwa ngaphansi kwelayisensi ye-GPLv3.
Ekukhishweni okusha kuplathifomu ye-GNU/Linux, i-Emacs isethelwe ukuphatha uhlelo lwe-URI lwe-'org-protocol' ngokuzenzakalelayo. Imodi ye-"org" ikuvumela ukuthi ulondoloze ngokushesha amabhukumaka, amanothi nezixhumanisi usebenzisa umyalo we-'emacsclient', isibonelo, ukulondoloza isixhumanisi se-URL enesihloko ongasisebenzisa 'emacsclient "org-protocol://store-link?url =URL&title=TITLE". Ngaphezu kwalokho, inguqulo entsha inikeza inketho entsha 'ye-tramp-show-ad-hoc-proxies', ongavumela ngayo ukubonisa amagama wamafayela angaphandle esikhundleni sezinqamuleli kuwo.
Source: opennet.ru