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   1         GNU Emacs history, versions, and release dates
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   3 For more details about release contents, see the NEWS* files.
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   5 Most of the development history of GNU Emacs is available in its
   6 source code repository <http://savannah.gnu.org/git/?group=emacs>.
   7 However, in the early days GNU Emacs was developed without using
   8 version control systems and was published via half-inch 9-track
   9 1600-bpi magnetic tape reels.  Although information about this early
  10 development is sketchy, the following text summarizes what is known.
  11
  12 EMACS started out as a set of macros atop the TECO text editor, and
  13 was first operational in late 1976.  It was inspired by earlier work
  14 such as the E editor of Stanford, and was based on older TECO macro
  15 sets.  EMACS in turn inspired several similar editors.  See:
  16 Stallman RM. EMACS: The Extensible, Customizable Self-Documenting
  17 Display Editor.  AI Memo 519a, MIT, 1981-03-26
  18 <http://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/5736/AIM-519A.pdf>.
  19
  20 In 1984, work began on GNU Emacs, a fresh implementation designed to
  21 run on GNU and GNU-like systems, with a full-featured Lisp at its
  22 core.  GNU Emacs 1.0 through 1.12 were released in early 1985.  The
  23 next version after 1.12 was 13; this was the initial public release.
  24
  25 Here is a list of known GNU Emacs stable releases starting with the
  26 initial public release.  Entries in the list are of the form "GNU
  27 Emacs N (DATE) TAG", where N is the version number, DATE the release
  28 date, and TAG (if present) the corresponding tag in the source code
  29 repository.  Any commentary about the version starts on the next line.
  30 Dates are approximate in the following list; some are when the version
  31 was made, some are when it was announced.
  32
  33 GNU Emacs 13 (1985-03-20)
  34 Initial release announced on Usenet.
  35
  36 GNU Emacs 15.10 (1985-04-10)
  37
  38 GNU Emacs 15.34 (1985-05-07)
  39 Last version 15 release.
  40
  41 GNU Emacs 16.56 (1985-07-15)
  42 First version 16 release.
  43
  44 GNU Emacs 16.57 (1985-09-16)
  45
  46 GNU Emacs 16.58 (1985-09-17)
  47
  48 GNU Emacs 16.59 (1985-09-17)
  49
  50 GNU Emacs 16.60 (1985-09-19)
  51
  52 GNU Emacs 17.36 (1985-12-20)
  53 First version 17 release.
  54
  55 GNU Emacs 17.43 (1986-01-25)
  56
  57 GNU Emacs 17.46 (1986-02-04)
  58
  59 GNU Emacs 17.48 (1986-02-10)
  60
  61 GNU Emacs 17.49 (1986-02-12)
  62
  63 GNU Emacs 17.55 (1986-03-18)
  64
  65 GNU Emacs 17.57 (1986-03-27)
  66
  67 GNU Emacs 17.58 (1986-04-04)
  68
  69 GNU Emacs 17.61 (1986-04-22)
  70
  71 GNU Emacs 17.63 (1986-05-07)
  72
  73 GNU Emacs 17.64 (1986-05-12)
  74
  75 GNU Emacs 18.41 (1987-03-22)
  76
  77 GNU Emacs 18.45 (1987-06-02)
  78
  79 GNU Emacs 18.46 (1987-06-08)
  80
  81 GNU Emacs 18.47 (1987-06-10)
  82
  83 GNU Emacs 18.48 (1987-08-30)
  84
  85 GNU Emacs 18.49 (1987-09-18)
  86
  87 GNU Emacs 18.50 (1988-02-13)
  88
  89 GNU Emacs 18.51 (1988-05-07)
  90
  91 GNU Emacs 18.52 (1988-09-01)
  92
  93 GNU Emacs 18.53 (1989-02-24)
  94
  95 GNU Emacs 18.54 (1989-04-26)
  96
  97 GNU Emacs 18.55 (1989-08-23)
  98
  99 GNU Emacs 18.56 (1991-01-16)
 100
 101 GNU Emacs 18.57 (1991-01-25)
 102
 103 GNU Emacs 18.58 (1991-02-18)
 104
 105 GNU Emacs 18.59 (1992-10-30)
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 107 GNU Emacs 19.7  (1993-05-22)
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 109 GNU Emacs 19.8  (1993-05-24)
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 111 GNU Emacs 19.9  (1993-05-27)
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 113 GNU Emacs 19.10 (1993-05-30)
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 115 GNU Emacs 19.11 (1993-06-01)
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 117 GNU Emacs 19.12 (1993-06-02)
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 119 GNU Emacs 19.13 (1993-06-08)
 120
 121 GNU Emacs 19.14 (1993-06-17)
 122
 123 GNU Emacs 19.15 (1993-06-19)
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 125 GNU Emacs 19.16 (1993-07-06)
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 127 GNU Emacs 19.17 (1993-07-19)
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 129 GNU Emacs 19.18 (1993-08-08)
 130
 131 GNU Emacs 19.19 (1993-08-14)
 132
 133 GNU Emacs 19.20 (1993-11-11)
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 135 GNU Emacs 19.21 (1993-11-16)
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 137 GNU Emacs 19.22 (1993-11-27)
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 139 GNU Emacs 19.23 (1994-05-16)
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 141 GNU Emacs 19.24 (1994-05-23)
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 143 GNU Emacs 19.25 (1994-05-30)
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 145 GNU Emacs 19.26 (1994-09-07)
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 147 GNU Emacs 19.28 (1994-10-06)
 148
 149 GNU Emacs 19.29 (1995-06-19)
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 151 GNU Emacs 19.30 (1995-11-24)
 152
 153 GNU Emacs 19.31 (1996-05-25)
 154
 155 GNU Emacs 19.32 (1996-07-31)
 156
 157 GNU Emacs 19.33 (1996-08-11)
 158
 159 GNU Emacs 19.34 (1996-08-21) emacs-19.34
 160
 161 GNU Emacs 20.1 (1997-09-15) emacs-20.1
 162
 163 GNU Emacs 20.2 (1997-09-19) emacs-20.2
 164
 165 GNU Emacs 20.3 (1998-08-19) emacs-20.3
 166
 167 GNU Emacs 20.4 (1999-07-12) emacs-20.4
 168
 169 GNU Emacs 20.5 (1999-12-04)
 170
 171 GNU Emacs 20.6 (2000-02-15)
 172
 173 GNU Emacs 20.7 (2000-06-13)
 174
 175 GNU Emacs 21.1 (2001-10-20) emacs-21.1
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 177 GNU Emacs 21.2 (2002-03-16) emacs-21.2
 178
 179 GNU Emacs 21.3 (2003-03-19) emacs-21.3
 180
 181 GNU Emacs 21.4 (2005-02-08)
 182
 183 GNU Emacs 21.4a (2005-02-17)
 184 This is Emacs 21.4 with an updated notice in etc/PROBLEMS.
 185
 186 GNU Emacs 22.1 (2007-06-02) emacs-22.1
 187
 188 GNU Emacs 22.2 (2008-03-26) emacs-22.2
 189
 190 GNU Emacs 22.3 (2008-09-05) emacs-22.3
 191
 192 GNU Emacs 23.1 (2009-07-29) emacs-23.1
 193
 194 GNU Emacs 23.2 (2010-05-08) emacs-23.2
 195
 196 GNU Emacs 23.3 (2011-03-10) emacs-23.3
 197
 198 GNU Emacs 23.4 (2012-01-29) emacs-23.4
 199
 200 GNU Emacs 24.1 (2012-06-10) emacs-24.1
 201
 202 GNU Emacs 24.2 (2012-08-27) emacs-24.2
 203
 204 GNU Emacs 24.3 (2013-03-10) emacs-24.3
 205
 206 GNU Emacs 24.4 (2014-10-20) emacs-24.4
 207
 208 GNU Emacs 24.5 (2015-04-10) emacs-24.5
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 210 \f
 211 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 212 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
 213
 214 GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 215 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 216 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 217 (at your option) any later version.
 218
 219 GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 220 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 221 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 222 GNU General Public License for more details.
 223
 224 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 225 along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.