I don't think the name of the program ever changed. (Who would want to type MircoGNUEmacs every time you edit a file?) mg used to be an acronym, now it officially means nothing.
On Mon, Jan 16, 2012, 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
