mg name origin

2012-01-16 Thread Mark Lumsden
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

Re: mg name origin

2012-01-16 Thread Lars
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

Re: mg name origin

2012-01-16 Thread Ted Unangst
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