GNU bug report logs - #43633
28.0.50; Include definitions in glossary for: extensible, customizable, self-documenting, real-time display editor

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>

Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2020 17:08:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 28.0.50

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 43633 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>
Cc: 43633 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#43633: 28.0.50;
 Include definitions in glossary for: extensible, customizable,
 self-documenting, real-time display editor
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2020 22:42:47 -0400

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  > Emacs is the extensible, customizable, self-documenting real-time
  > display editor.

Are there any editors in widespread use that are not real-time and
display?  I know some still exist -- for instance, ed -- but perhaps
it is no longer useful to say "real-time display" in that sentence.

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