[sarahlwalks]

There actually is a text editor in there somewhere at least if you believe some of the MIT neckbeards. But you have to sort of tease it out with the proper meta key what-have-yous

[galangalalgol]

You can install vi into emacs, and vi is the best text editor.

[alexvoda]

You can however use a facsimile of Vim called Evil.

[jrgd]

i once had a fax machine running on emac