Re: A new filter-based customization interface

[Richard Stallman]

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  > > It is not "inevitable", it is a decision for us to make.

  > Terminology changes naturally over time unless we enforce strict rules
  > for speech. 

We do have rules for the terms we use to describe Emacs.

Meanwhile, natural observing language change is one thing and
demanding we change our rules is another.

  > For example using terms such Meta key can be quite confusing at a time
  > for a user, remembering these terms and all the other new concepts isn't
  > that easy for users.

A local change like this could be an improvement.  Would you like to
send a diff showing a specific change you propose?  Then we could
think about that change in the concrete rather than in the abstract.

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