Re: Cut and open commands?

[saneman <asdfsdf@asd.com>]

Tassilo Horn wrote:
> saneman <asdfsdf@asd.com> writes:
> 
>> I would like to redefine cut and open to: C-x and C-o regardless of
>> the built in definitions.
> 
> Don't cripple your emacs yourself, use cua-mode.
> 
> ,----[ C-h f cua-mode RET ]
> | cua-mode is an interactive autoloaded Lisp function in `cua-base'.
> | 
> | It is bound to <menu-bar> <options> <cua-mode>, <menu-bar> <options>
> | <cua-emulation-mode>.
> | 
> | (cua-mode &optional ARG)
> | 
> | Toggle CUA key-binding mode.
> | When enabled, using shifted movement keys will activate the
> | region (and highlight the region using `transient-mark-mode'),
> | and typed text replaces the active selection.
> | 
> | Also when enabled, you can use C-z, C-x, C-c, and C-v to undo,
> | cut, copy, and paste in addition to the normal Emacs bindings.
> | The C-x and C-c keys only do cut and copy when the region is
> | active, so in most cases, they do not conflict with the normal
> | function of these prefix keys.
> | 
> | If you really need to perform a command which starts with one of
> | the prefix keys even when the region is active, you have three
> | options:
> | - press the prefix key twice very quickly (within 0.2 seconds),
> | - press the prefix key and the following key within 0.2 seconds, or
> | - use the SHIFT key with the prefix key, i.e. C-S-x or C-S-c.
> | 
> | You can customize `cua-enable-cua-keys' to completely disable the
> | CUA bindings, or `cua-prefix-override-inhibit-delay' to change
> | the prefix fallback behavior.
> | 
> | CUA mode manages Transient Mark mode internally.  Trying to disable
> | Transient Mark mode while CUA mode is enabled does not work; if you
> | only want to highlight the region when it is selected using a
> | shifted movement key, set `cua-highlight-region-shift-only'.
> `----
> 
> Bye,
> Tassilo


When I type:

C-h f cua-mode

followed by enter I get:

[No match]

I have installed: emacs-goodies-el where I can see that cua is listed, 
but I still get the error.