The Modernization of Emacs

[Daniel Dyer]

On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 23:33:29 +0100, Dave Hansen <iddw at hotmail.com> wrote:

> On Jun 20, 8:28 am, David Kastrup <d... at gnu.org> wrote:
>> Actually, the "E" in "Emacs" stands for "extensible".  Part of the
>> appeal of Emacs is that you can change it to accommodate you.
>
> Actually, though Emacs is the epitome of extensibility, the "E" stands
> for "Editor."  "EMACS" is simply short for Editor MACroS, and was
> originally implemented as a set of TECO macros.
>
> There's also the joke that EMACS stands for Esc Meta Alt Ctrl Shift,
> due to it's (often overwhelmingly) large and sometimes complex set of
> keystroke combinations used to invoke various editing functions.  This
> view is usually put forth by the vi camp during editor wars.
>

There are dozens of alternative interpretation for "EMACS".

http://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/gnuemacs.acro.exp.html

My favourite:

Elsewhere Maybe All Commands are Simple

Dan.

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