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 16:01:35 +0200 Message-ID: <85ac9a40qo.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> <85irny41em.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <4471C2B5.4040700@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 1148306571 3967 80.91.229.2 (22 May 2006 14:02:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 14:02:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon May 22 16:02:49 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 1FiAzM-0002ow-A4 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 22 May 2006 16:02:28 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FiAzL-0000AE-Ll for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 22 May 2006 10:02:27 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FiAyw-0008TV-1e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 22 May 2006 10:02:02 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FiAyv-0008T1-7c for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 22 May 2006 10:02:01 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FiAyu-0008St-MS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 22 May 2006 10:02:00 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FiB2u-0001eD-On for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 22 May 2006 10:06:08 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lola.goethe.zz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1FiAyt-0003vM-TC; Mon, 22 May 2006 10:02:00 -0400 Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 2433C1C27933; Mon, 22 May 2006 16:01:35 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: Lennart Borgman In-Reply-To: <4471C2B5.4040700@student.lu.se> (Lennart Borgman's message of "Mon, 22 May 2006 15:55:01 +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:55049 Archived-At: Lennart Borgman writes: > David Kastrup wrote: >> 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. >> > Can you prove that? I am tempted to say that you are doing a better job than I could. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum