GNU Emacs 27.1 Adds HarfBuzz Text Shaping, Native JSON Parsing

[phoronix]

Phoronix: GNU Emacs 27.1 Adds HarfBuzz Text Shaping, Native JSON Parsing

If looking for a text editor that offers more features than the recent release of Nano 5.0, GNU Emacs 27.1 is out...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=GNU-Emacs-27.1-Released

[Cthulhux]

Calling GNU Emacs a “text editor” still feels weird. I mean, it really excels at letting you edit text, but that’s not its most relevant feature.

[andrea76]

Calling GNU Emacs a “text editor” still feels weird. I mean, it really excels at letting you edit text, but that’s not its most relevant feature.

What are its most relevant feature?

[Cthulhux]

The built-in Lisp machine emulator, in my opinion. GNU Emacs (unlike some other Emacsen) is basically a Lisp VM with a couple of example applications.

[Alexmitter]

The built-in Lisp machine emulator, in my opinion. GNU Emacs (unlike some other Emacsen) is basically a Lisp VM with a couple of example applications.

Isnt it a lisp VM running a lisp kernel+OS with lisp applications with one of them being the buffer editor?

[tsuru]

If you use Emacs for programming, the native JSON support makes using LSP (Language Server Protocol) in supported buffers much more interactive / less laggy.

[Mateus Felipe]

I think with HarfBuzz we will finally have support for font ligatures?