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It absolutely is fair to expect Emacs to use industry standard terminology to avoid confusing users. At this point, keeping the outdated, idiosyncratic terminol
by bitwize 4y ago
It absolutely is fair to expect Emacs to use industry standard terminology to avoid confusing users. At this point, keeping the outdated, idiosyncratic terminology and default UI paradigms serves no purpose except unnecessary gatekeeping.
> (then try doing the same with Apple or Microsoft and see what happens :-) )
Microsoft, the authors of Visual Studio Code, the editor most developers use? Whose team has been lauded for being super responsive to developer feedback?
- _a_a_a_ 4y ago> It absolutely is fair to expect Emacs to use industry standard terminology to avoid confusing users "Initial release 1976; 47 years ago" (from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emacs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emacs). There was no such standard terminology back then. May I recommend you avoid using Emacs to avoid the concomitant headache of getting involved in Emacs discussions, thank you.It clearly isn't for you.