How do I use Emacs editor in Git Bash terminal on a Windows machine?

Question

I am currently using vim editor on Git Bash terminal running in a Windows machine, but I want to switch over to Emacs editor. It is returning bash: emacs: command not found . Do I need to install the Emacs? If true, what command do I use, and what could be the general soulution?

Answer 1

I am currently using vim editor on Git Bash terminal running in a Windows machine,

So if you tell which to find your Vim, it will give you the right answer:

shynur@ASUS-TX2 MINGW64 /d
$ which vim
/usr/bin/vim

But what if you try to find Emacs?

shynur@ASUS-TX2 MINGW64 /d
$ which emacs
which: no emacs in (...)

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A precompiled Git Bash on MS-Windows does not carry an Emacs, at least in your and my machines' environments.

What I did to solve it is to put the directory /path/to/emacs-28.2/bin/ into the PATH environment variable (so you should download Emacs first); now let's try again:

shynur@ASUS-TX2 MINGW64 /d
$ which emacs
/d/Progs/emacs-28.2/bin/emacs

shynur@ASUS-TX2 MINGW64 /d
$ emacs

shynur@ASUS-TX2 MINGW64 /d
$ 

It seems to work fine.
But note that, you cannot run emacs -nw on a Git Bash on MS-Windows because:

shynur@ASUS-TX2 MINGW64 /d
$ emacs -nw
emacs: standard input is not a tty

Answer 2

Thanks @Shynur for the insight. I have copied to the path environment environment variable, yet it give this error:

    LOFTDOT@Zuang-Ji MINGW64 ~
$ which emacs C:/Users/LOFTDOT/emacs/bin
which: no emacs in (/c/Users/LOFTDOT/bin:/mingw64/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/mingw64/bin:/usr/bin:/c/Users/LOFTDOT/bin:/c/Python311/Scripts

Running Emacs on git bash generates this:

LOFTDOT@Zuang-Ji MINGW64 ~
$ emacs
bash: emacs: command not found