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Re: master 55f46cc77c: Decrease use of the word "Emacsen" in docs
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Stefan Kangas |
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Re: master 55f46cc77c: Decrease use of the word "Emacsen" in docs |
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Sat, 1 Oct 2022 18:15:23 +0200 |
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> What's wrong with using "Emacsen"?
When talking about older versions of Emacs, it's just jargony and
unhelpful. Better to say what is actually meant.
When contrasting with XEmacs, see '(efaq) Difference between Emacs and XEmacs':
If you want to talk about these two versions and distinguish them,
please call them "Emacs" and "XEmacs." To contrast "XEmacs" with "GNU
Emacs" would be misleading, since XEmacs too has its origin in the work
of the GNU Project. Terms such as "Emacsen" and "(X)Emacs" are not
wrong, but they are not very clear, so it is better to write "Emacs and
XEmacs."