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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:306017 Archived-At: chad wrote: >> I am guessing that this is a pun on "evil-mode", but I am inclined to >> agree. At least "evil" stands for "extensible vi layer for Emacs". > > > Semantically, it's something of a cross between the popular packages > "evil mode" and "god mode". I do understand that it's pretty > strongly 'inside baseball'[1], but it's also (IMHO) the sort of > idiosyncratic package that one would usually not expect new-to-emacs > users to pick up right out of the gate. > > Hope that helps, > ~Chad > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_baseball_(metaphor) > Yes, the name is meant to be a humorous reference to both god-mode and evil-mode. If the name needs to reflect its purpose, then we could say that Devil stands for the *Devil's Eccentrically Versatile Interception Layer*. Regards, Susam