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Re: [comp.emacs] "Emacs" defined in Collins English Dictionary
From: |
Nic Ferrier |
Subject: |
Re: [comp.emacs] "Emacs" defined in Collins English Dictionary |
Date: |
Tue, 14 Jun 2005 20:52:55 +0100 |
address@hidden (Gian Uberto Lauri) writes:
>>>>>> "RJC" == Robert J Chassell <address@hidden> writes:
>
> RJC> Like a shell which has VI, Emacs has editing. In the same way,
> RJC> the various graphic user interfaces have editors and word
> RJC> processors, too. And you can move or rename files in all the
> RJC> interfaces.
>
> I completly disagree.
>
> Emacs is an editor, the finest one. Oh, by the way, it's programmable
> in the same language used to build it. This leaves the door open to
> the most strange uses of a text editor, a thing that pleases hackers.
>
> Integrated envirnonment usually lack the elegance and simple
> extensibility of Emacs while all the extensions are both a sort of
> editing and a very useful complement to editing.
At the risk of sounding pious... we really are getting into religous
territory here when we're supposed to all be doing what we can to
make a release happen.
I know I'm as guilty as everyone else... but I've just noticed it.
Nic
- Re: [comp.emacs] "Emacs" defined in Collins English Dictionary, (continued)
- Re: [comp.emacs] "Emacs" defined in Collins English Dictionary, Robert J. Chassell, 2005/06/14
- Re: [comp.emacs] "Emacs" defined in Collins English Dictionary, Gian Uberto Lauri, 2005/06/14
- Re: [comp.emacs] "Emacs" defined in Collins English Dictionary, Robert J. Chassell, 2005/06/14
- Re: [comp.emacs] "Emacs" defined in Collins English Dictionary, Gian Uberto Lauri, 2005/06/14
- Re: [comp.emacs] "Emacs" defined in Collins English Dictionary, Thien-Thi Nguyen, 2005/06/14
- Re: [comp.emacs] "Emacs" defined in Collins English Dictionary, Daniel Brockman, 2005/06/14
- Re: [comp.emacs] "Emacs" defined in Collins English Dictionary, Thien-Thi Nguyen, 2005/06/15
- Re: [comp.emacs] "Emacs" defined in Collins English Dictionary,
Nic Ferrier <=
Re: [comp.emacs] "Emacs" defined in Collins English Dictionary, Kevin Rodgers, 2005/06/15