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

[Nic Ferrier]

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