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Legmacs: Emacs-like editor written in let-go

Legmacs is an Emacs-like editor implemented in the let-go programming language, aiming to provide a lightweight and customizable editing experience inspired by Emacs.

Background

- **Legmacs** is a minimal text editor that mimics Emacs keybindings (e.g., Ctrl+S to save, Ctrl+X Ctrl+C to quit) and is written in a programming language called **Let-Go**. - **Let-Go** is a lightweight, embeddable scripting language created by the same developer (nooga). It is designed to be simple and easy to integrate into other projects. - **Emacs** is one of the oldest and most powerful text editors in computing history, famous for its extensive customizability and keyboard-driven interface. Legmacs recreates a tiny subset of its behavior in a brand-new language, more as a technical demonstration than a practical tool. - This project matters to people interested in retro computing, language design, or minimal editing tools — it shows what a from-scratch Emacs-like editor looks like when built in a custom scripting language.

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