mwm@eris.BERKELEY.EDU (Mike (My watch has windows) Meyer) (09/09/87)
In article <661@sugar.UUCP> peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva) writes:
<> First note: at RMS's request, the name of microGNUemacs has been
<> changed to mg. Please refer to it by that name, and not by the
<> original name.
<At least leave "emacs" somewhere in the name, so we can figure out what
<you're talking about. Or else rename it Navistar :->.
But it's *not* an emacs. It's a stripped down version missing the most
important feature - an extension language. That, and it not being
associated to the GNU project are why he asked us to change the name.
<I'll keep on referring to it by the original name, thanks, 'till you
<come up with something better. "mg" sounds like something someone hacked
Instead of walking all over other peoples toes, why don't you suggest
a new name? mg was originally adopted because we hated typing out the
old name in full. When RMS requested the name change, that was the
obvious choice. Give me a better one, why don't you?
<mike
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In Kizmiaz ... Kizmiaz mwm@ucbjade.BITNETpeter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva) (09/12/87)
> a new name? mg was originally adopted because we hated typing out the > old name in full. When RMS requested the name change, that was the > obvious choice. Give me a better one, why don't you? uEmacs? mgEmacs? Given the three incompatible sets of extension languages in Emacs (teco, lisp, and the assembly-like one), it can't be described as a requirement for the name, really. munu? numacs? c-over-lambda-emacs? e-over-hmacs? (physics jokes: what's nu with yu?). -- -- Peter da Silva `-_-' ...!seismo!soma!uhnix1!sugar!peter -- 'U` <-- Public domain wolf.
UH2@PSUVM.BITNET (Lee Sailer) (09/14/87)
How about Gold? It's the opposite of Gnu 8-).