From: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>
To: Adam Porter <adam@alphapapa.net>
Cc: emacs-devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Names are not descriptions; descriptions are not names
Date: Fri, 12 May 2023 21:58:10 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8735418xe5.fsf@yahoo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <d38b6c2f-79e9-632d-da18-f83f3e89c72c@alphapapa.net> (Adam Porter's message of "Fri, 12 May 2023 02:46:24 -0500")
Adam Porter <adam@alphapapa.net> writes:
> Then shouldn't we rename Emacs?
Its name is a historical accident, but if it were possible, then yes.
Unfortunately, `Editor' is already taken.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-05-12 13:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-05-12 4:01 Names are not descriptions; descriptions are not names Adam Porter
2023-05-12 4:47 ` Jim Porter
2023-05-12 20:02 ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2023-05-12 6:04 ` Po Lu
2023-05-12 7:46 ` Adam Porter
2023-05-12 13:31 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2023-05-12 13:58 ` Po Lu [this message]
2023-05-12 19:10 ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-05-12 17:52 ` chad
2023-05-12 19:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-12 6:42 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-05-12 7:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-12 16:33 ` Jim Porter
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