From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Semi-unhelpful error message given when trying to (provide 'CUA-mode) Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 16:37:27 -0400 Message-ID: References: <85d5e68n7n.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1148330333 2562 80.91.229.2 (22 May 2006 20:38:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 20:38:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: acm@muc.de, emacs-devel@gnu.org, miles@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon May 22 22:38:51 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 1FiHAm-0001LO-N2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 22 May 2006 22:38:41 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FiHAm-00005M-8a for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 22 May 2006 16:38:40 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FiH9e-0007oG-AX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 22 May 2006 16:37:30 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FiH9d-0007nu-Q4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 22 May 2006 16:37:29 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FiH9d-0007nq-G1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 22 May 2006 16:37:29 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FiHDg-0005Bz-Sj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 22 May 2006 16:41:41 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1FiH9b-0001Lx-9Z; Mon, 22 May 2006 16:37:27 -0400 Original-To: David Kastrup In-reply-to: <85d5e68n7n.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (message from David Kastrup on Mon, 22 May 2006 10:42:36 +0200) 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:55075 Archived-At: 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. In that case, it should suggest customizing the variable. Not _just_ using the menu.