Online code repository GitHub is taking on the venerable Emacs and Vim text editors by releasing a text editor of its own, called Atom, which it claims is more suited to the Web era of development.

The message posted Friday evening on emacs-devel by Richard Stallman was cryptic: “Stefan and Yidong offered to take over, so I am willing to hand over Emacs development to them.” Just like that: 32 ...

The message posted Friday, Feb. 22 on emacs-devel by Richard Stallman was cryptic: “Stefan and Yidong offered to take over, so I am willing to hand over Emacs development to them.” Just like that: 32 ...