Re: The Jolly Writer

for myself when i make people discover TeXmacs
they often say « ah, yes, i know TeX, i am not interested »
then i have to explain
for my self the name « TeXmacs » is not pertinent at all and should be changed
it had been still discussed in Faro 2013

Vincent
Le 12 juin 2025 à 01:17 +0200, Jay Belanger <[email protected]>, a écrit :
>
> > There is always some chestnut who likes to to point to Firefox.
>
> Because it's misleading even more than TeXmacs, which
> actually is not misleading at all.
>
> > Firefox’s name is metaphorical.
>
> So it's one of your "misleading names" that you'll make
> excuses for. (Neither name is misleading, but apparently
> some people really don't like TeXmacs.)
>
> > With Texmacs, the name suggests a direct lineage or
> > compatibility that just isn't there.
>
> No, it really doesn't.
> (I'll ignore your replies of "Misleading! Metaphorical!
> Allegorical! Transcendental!)