Editing Help:Text editor support (section)

===GNU Emacs===
A few [[Emacs]] ''major mode'' implementations are available for editing MediaWiki syntax:

* [http://github.com/hexmode/mediawiki-el mediawiki.el on github]. "… adds the ability to edit sites hosted on Mediawiki (including Wikipedia, of course)."
* wikitext-mode.el, see [https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/WikitextMode WikitextMode on EmacsWiki].  Derived from WikipediaMode v.0.3.3.  Source is [https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/wikitext-mode.el available] but documentation has [[link rot|link rotted]].
* [[Wikipedia:wikipedia-mode.el|wikipedia-mode.el]] (obsolete) is a simple major mode that mostly provides [[syntax highlighting]] for MediaWiki [[mark-up]].
* [http://www.gna.org/projects/wikipedia-el/ wikipedia.el] (obsolete) is a much more advanced major mode. It provides [[WYSIWYG]] editor for Wikipedia articles. Note, however, that it is developed using the current [[Concurrent Versions System|CVS]] version of GNU Emacs, may not be compatible with older versions, and has been effectively discontinued because it's not being actively maintained. Also, the mode was in the [[Software release life cycle#Alpha|alpha stage of development]] when it was orphaned, so use it at your own risk.

====Line formatting====
<code>longlines.el</code> is now part of the default GNU Emacs distribution. The following information is retained for reference.

Wikipedia articles [[Wikipedia:don't use line breaks|don't use line breaks]]. Because of this, you may want to install one of the following:
* [http://www.emacswiki.org/elisp/longlines.el longlines.el] — implements "word wrap" functionality for Emacs (<code>longlines.el</code> is now part of GNU Emacs). [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia-mode.el#Installing longlines-mode|Installation instructions for <code>longlines.el</code>]].
* [http://homepage1.nifty.com/bmonkey/emacs/elisp/screen-lines.el screen-lines.el] — redefines movement commands to operate in terms of screen lines as opposed to logical lines

====Access methods====
[http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/WikipediaFs wikipediafs.el] can be used along with one of the aforementioned major modes, when using the virtual [http://wikipediafs.sourceforge.net/ Wikipedia filesystem].