[comp.emacs] "Emacs" defined in Collins English Dictionary

[Miles Bader]

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> "Emacs" defined in Collins English Dictionary
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> 13 Jun 2005 09:52:42 -0700
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> Hi there,
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> it might interest people in this group that "emacs" is defined in the
> new edition of the Collins English Dictionary (7th edition).  The
> dictionary gives the plural as "emacsen", and it is defined as follows:
> "a powerful computer program used for creating and editing text,
> functioning primarily through keyboard commands".
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