Mark Lumsden wrote: > Anyone know the history behind mg being called mg? > > THis in the mg tutorial (/usr/share/doc/mg/tutorial): > > The mg editor was originally named MicroGNUEmacs. The name was changed to "mg" at the request of Richard Stallman,... > > The second sentence suggests Richard Stallman suggested the name "mg" but in the README we have: > > Mg was formerly named MicroGnuEmacs, the name change was > done at the request of Richard Stallman. > > Which suggests he only requested the change, not the precise name. > > Anyone know? > mark > >
I would make a guess that mg stands for Micro Gnu.. but I am not sure as it is only a guess. Anything that gets rid of GNU or stallman is a bonus for me.