Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 13:33:20 -0500
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> Is GNU pronounced GEE-new or guh-NEW?

Well, if you can pronounce it with *no* vowel sounds between the
G and the N, I think that would be right (is "sky" suh-ky or see-ky?)

Failing that answer being helpful, I pronounce it like guh-new, with
"g" as in grapes or goodness, but without the "uh" part.

> MIT AI Memo 554 said EMACS is "an advanced, self-documenting,
> customizable, extensible real-time display editor" What does
> "real-time" mean? Can you name an editor that is NOT real-time?
> Perhaps EDLIN? or any line editor?

ed, and vi in non-visual mode, only show you the line you're working
on, and sometimes only part of it.  There's a separate command to list
the lines you're working on.  Emacs, at least, shows you what the file
looks like at all times.

> Technically the editing is not done until the file is saved, so how
> can even EMACS be called real-time?

Meaning you see the results of you edits as you do them, rather than
having to say "change this line, now show me what it looks like".
In case you haven't guessed, emacs has been around for a while :-)