Re: Emacs terminology (not again!?) [was: Apologia for bzr]

[Lennart Borgman]

On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 8:37 PM, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:

Joel Mccracken <address@hidden> writes:

> Beyond trying to remember, using current terminology is sends the
> message that Emacs is old, stubborn, and crufty, which is a problem
> when trying to introduce new users to Emacs.

Emacs _is_ one of the old great ones.  You are trying to make Gandalf
more popular by plucking his nose hairs.

The great thing lives in its power, not in the nose hairs. Just pick them. ;-)