diff --git a/frontends/src/jp/cmd_blog.py b/frontends/src/jp/cmd_blog.py
index 8a22ab84..dc1a62cb 100644
--- a/frontends/src/jp/cmd_blog.py
+++ b/frontends/src/jp/cmd_blog.py
@@ -42,10 +42,14 @@ SYNTAX_EXT = {
     }
 
 # defaut arguments used for some known editors
-VIM_SPLIT_ARGS="-c 'vsplit|wincmd w|next|wincmd w'"
+VIM_SPLIT_ARGS = "-c 'vsplit|wincmd w|next|wincmd w'"
+EMACS_SPLIT_ARGS = '--eval "(split-window-horizontally)"'
 EDITOR_ARGS_MAGIC = {
     'vim': VIM_SPLIT_ARGS + ' {content_file} {metadata_file}',
     'gvim': VIM_SPLIT_ARGS + ' --nofork {content_file} {metadata_file}',
+    'emacs': EMACS_SPLIT_ARGS + ' {content_file} {metadata_file}',
+    'xemacs': EMACS_SPLIT_ARGS + ' {content_file} {metadata_file}',
+    'nano': ' -F {content_file} {metadata_file}',
     }
 
 CONF_SYNTAX_EXT = 'syntax_ext_dict'