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Re: master 55f46cc77c: Decrease use of the word "Emacsen" in docs
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Po Lu |
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Re: master 55f46cc77c: Decrease use of the word "Emacsen" in docs |
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Sun, 02 Oct 2022 08:18:00 +0800 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.91 (gnu/linux) |
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> This is too much. You are removing words we used for decades in Emacs
> development for no good reason. You think they are "just jargony and
> unhelpful", but for me and others this part of our culture and our
> history of involvement in the Emacs development. We treasure that
> history. Right now, I feel like a chunk of my personal history has
> been rewritten.
>
> There still are "other Emacsen" out there, even though most of them
> are all but moribund nowadays. But even if they were completely dead,
> the word doesn't have to be removed. It does no harm by just being
> there.
In addition, "Emacsen" refers not only to the "other Emacsen", but old
versions of Emacs, many of which are still used (all the way back to
CJK-modified versions of Emacs 19.5x.)