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i... think I need this explained to me
Although the relevant links have already been provided, the gist is
Acme doesn't stand for some generic editor! It's the famous acme text editor by Rob Pike. It's an interesting editor, very different from Emacs or Vim, and yes, very mousey. In this video Russ Cox gives a great overview: https://youtu.be/dP1xVpMPn8M
I should've done my homework before replying then :)