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Replace your browser textareas with embedded Emacs instances. Please see README before using.

Embedded Emacs is a NPAPI plugin and Chrome extension pair that replaces textareas with embedded emacs.

It uses the XEmbed-based NPAPI mode on Linux and emacs --parent-id to embed your system emacs binary into your browser.

Known issues / TODO:

  • if web page modified CSS of textarea, emacs instance does not update
  • textareas do not update until emacs instance exits
  • buildsystem does not package crx
  • emacs 23.1 has a layout bug which can affect embedded-emacs. You may need to use 23.2 or later.