Re: master 55f46cc77c: Decrease use of the word "Emacsen" in docs

[Po Lu]

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.)