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My "EMACS Manual for ITS Users", by RMS himself, EMACS version 146,17 April 1980 uses the all-upper-case form. It may be spelled as a proper noun ('Emacs') now, but... My general preference is to use capitalization as in original sources (hence [[UNIX Sixth Edition]], but [[Unix Seventh Edition]]), but I can see an argument for using the current convention. [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 15:31, 14 December 2017 (CET) | My "EMACS Manual for ITS Users", by RMS himself, EMACS version 146,17 April 1980 uses the all-upper-case form. It may be spelled as a proper noun ('Emacs') now, but... My general preference is to use capitalization as in original sources (hence [[UNIX Sixth Edition]], but [[Unix Seventh Edition]]), but I can see an argument for using the current convention. [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 15:31, 14 December 2017 (CET) | ||
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| + | : I will usually spell it ''EMACS'' when referring to the original, and ''Emacs'' for the generic concept and the GNU version. (Worse, MACLISP/MAClisp/MacLisp/Maclisp can all be seen in the wild.) [[User:Larsbrinkhoff|Larsbrinkhoff]] ([[User talk:Larsbrinkhoff|talk]]) 07:55, 25 August 2021 (CEST) | ||
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EMACS/Emacs
My "EMACS Manual for ITS Users", by RMS himself, EMACS version 146,17 April 1980 uses the all-upper-case form. It may be spelled as a proper noun ('Emacs') now, but... My general preference is to use capitalization as in original sources (hence UNIX Sixth Edition, but Unix Seventh Edition), but I can see an argument for using the current convention. Jnc (talk) 15:31, 14 December 2017 (CET)
- I will usually spell it EMACS when referring to the original, and Emacs for the generic concept and the GNU version. (Worse, MACLISP/MAClisp/MacLisp/Maclisp can all be seen in the wild.) Larsbrinkhoff (talk) 07:55, 25 August 2021 (CEST)
