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Emacs: What features or benefits are unique to either GUI or terminal interface?

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Mar 15, 20264114 views
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Emacs can be launched in it's own GUI window or within a terminal (using the flag). What features or work-flow benefits are only available in one mode or the other? I.e. If a user habitually uses one mode, what are they missing out on?

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The terminal interface works even if you don't have X available, e.g. when working over ssh from a machine where you don't want to install Emacs, or to repair your X config, or on a hardware text terminal. (For the remote case, if you can run Emacs …

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