nethack-el is an Emacs major mode for playing nethack. Separate buffers are used for the map, status, messages, and menus. It features customization of keys and colors and user programmable hooks on game events. It supports GNU Emacs 20/21 and XEmacs 21, with graphical tiles on *Emacs 21.
| Tags | Games/Entertainment Role-Playing Text Editors Emacs |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL BSD Original |
| Operating Systems | OS Independent |
| Implementation | Emacs Lisp C |
Recent releases


Changes: This release supports slash'em 0.0.7E7 and nethack 3.4.3, supports playing on nethack-el servers, and has some bugfixes.


Changes: nethack-compat.el was included in the distribution.


Changes: This version supports nethack 3.4.2 and slashEM 0.0.7E3. Highlighting of pet now works, and there are various bugfixes.


Changes: This version is updated to work with nethack 3.4.1.