From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Semi-unhelpful error message given when trying to (provide 'CUA-mode) Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 15:47:13 +0200 Message-ID: <85irny41em.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <85fyj4bl8p.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <20060520.211854.71848142.wl@gnu.org> <85lkswa29b.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <44701B91.60606@swipnet.se> <85wtcfbt3n.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <4470A6DB.3020504@swipnet.se> <85d5e79ipp.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <4470EF05.5070408@student.lu.se> <44715134.7050803@swipnet.se> <44717C21.1040600@student.lu.se> <447188A6.7000608@swipnet.se> <447190AF.6020109@student.lu.se> <4471A952.10801@gmx.at> <4471B2EB.1020302@student.lu.se> <85ejym5i38.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <4471BCE5.4070305@student.lu.se> <85r72m422n.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <4471BFF5.7050302@student.lu.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1148305811 1060 80.91.229.2 (22 May 2006 13:50:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 13:50:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon May 22 15:49:46 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FiAmi-0008DU-1N for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 22 May 2006 15:49:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FiAmh-0001op-Ji for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 22 May 2006 09:49:23 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FiAl2-00017P-1E for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 22 May 2006 09:47:40 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FiAl1-00016z-9o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 22 May 2006 09:47:39 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FiAl0-00016j-Qy for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 22 May 2006 09:47:38 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FiAp0-0008C7-RD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 22 May 2006 09:51:46 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lola.goethe.zz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1FiAkz-00036V-Vk; Mon, 22 May 2006 09:47:38 -0400 Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 33CA71C27933; Mon, 22 May 2006 15:47:13 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: Lennart Borgman In-Reply-To: <4471BFF5.7050302@student.lu.se> (Lennart Borgman's message of "Mon, 22 May 2006 15:43:17 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:55043 Archived-At: Lennart Borgman writes: > But it is in no way a personal issue. The main problem here is how > to attract users. Emacs has nothing to gain by attracting users that want it to be Wordpad. They only distract from the input of users who have suggestions at how it can be better at being Emacs. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum