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Re: Semi-unhelpful error message given when trying to (provide 'CUA-mode
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David Kastrup |
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Re: Semi-unhelpful error message given when trying to (provide 'CUA-mode) |
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Mon, 22 May 2006 10:42:36 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Miles Bader <address@hidden> writes:
> Alan Mackenzie <address@hidden> writes:
>>>F10 exists, and the menu bar is displayed by default. So the menu is
>>>clearly intended to be used by tty users as well.
>>
>> The menu bar is stupidly displayed, yes, but there's no way to activate
>> its items. It's just a waste of space. I didn't actually know about the
>> F10 binding, though I do know M-`.
>
> The tty "menus" invoked by F10 on a tty are so clunky and annoying to
> use that I think most users will not want to use them.
>
> Morever, I think in general we want to gently encourage people to become
> familiar with "Emacsy" ways to do things.
The "Emacsy way" to enable cua-mode permanently is to either use the
menu where you can _save_ the setting, or to use customize-variable on
cua-mode.
> I think Alan's change is a good one.
Alan's suggestion to the user does not enable cua-mode permanently.
It is useless.
--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
- Re: Semi-unhelpful error message given when trying to (provide 'CUA-mode), (continued)
- Re: Semi-unhelpful error message given when trying to (provide 'CUA-mode), Richard Stallman, 2006/05/25
- Re: Semi-unhelpful error message given when trying to (provide 'CUA-mode), Jan Djärv, 2006/05/25
- Re: Semi-unhelpful error message given when trying to (provide 'CUA-mode), Richard Stallman, 2006/05/23
- Re: Semi-unhelpful error message given when trying to (provide 'CUA-mode), Jan Djärv, 2006/05/24
- Re: Semi-unhelpful error message given when trying to (provide 'CUA-mode), Stefan Monnier, 2006/05/24
- Re: Semi-unhelpful error message given when trying to (provide 'CUA-mode), Jan Djärv, 2006/05/24
- Re: Semi-unhelpful error message given when trying to (provide 'CUA-mode), Stefan Monnier, 2006/05/24
- Re: Semi-unhelpful error message given when trying to (provide 'CUA-mode), public, 2006/05/23
- Re: Semi-unhelpful error message given when trying to (provide 'CUA-mode), Jan Djärv, 2006/05/23
- Re: Semi-unhelpful error message given when trying to (provide 'CUA-mode), Miles Bader, 2006/05/22
- Re: Semi-unhelpful error message given when trying to (provide 'CUA-mode),
David Kastrup <=
- Re: Semi-unhelpful error message given when trying to (provide 'CUA-mode), Richard Stallman, 2006/05/22
- Re: Semi-unhelpful error message given when trying to (provide 'CUA-mode), Kim F. Storm, 2006/05/23
- Re: Semi-unhelpful error message given when trying to (provide 'CUA-mode), Richard Stallman, 2006/05/23
Re: Semi-unhelpful error message given when trying to (provide 'CUA-mode), Richard Stallman, 2006/05/20
Re: Semi-unhelpful error message given when trying to (provide 'CUA-mode), Kim F. Storm, 2006/05/20