From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: ams@gnu.org (Alfred M. Szmidt) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: A modern-mode? Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 12:45:16 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87v9ge3tet.fsf@gkayaalp.com> <83sgbh7py4.fsf@gnu.org> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="30128"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: self@gkayaalp.com, eliz@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Andrea Corallo Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 16 18:48:12 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kIabL-0007ko-J8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 16 Sep 2020 18:48:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51546 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kIabK-0003AK-Gq for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 16 Sep 2020 12:48:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:59210) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kIaYY-0000zp-Fl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Sep 2020 12:45:18 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:44759) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kIaYX-0003w9-GO; Wed, 16 Sep 2020 12:45:17 -0400 Original-Received: from ams by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1kIaYW-000216-U0; Wed, 16 Sep 2020 12:45:17 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Andrea Corallo on Wed, 16 Sep 2020 15:27:20 +0000) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." 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" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:255912 Archived-At: > A more specific name also means that not everything has to be added to > such a theme/mode -- as it has a specific goal to solve. E.g., making > it easier for new users to use Emacs -- which is slightly different > from "modernizing" Emacs (similar sentiment to Eli there) which > Andrea(?) seemed want to address. "modern" popular editors are made to be accessible and confortable to be used for new comers. This is the same problem. And the same is true for vanila Emacs. Maybe call this Bolios; in homage to Emack and Bolios from which the name Emacs comes from.