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Re: [NonGNU ELPA] New package: devil
From: |
Susam Pal |
Subject: |
Re: [NonGNU ELPA] New package: devil |
Date: |
Tue, 9 May 2023 23:07:05 +0100 |
chad <yandros@gmail.com> 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