Re: FYI: GNU Emacs Manual to be moved to non-free

2003-05-15 Thread Chris Waters
x27;re attempting to restrict *my* freedoms in ways I find unacceptable. And I'm very happy that Debian is there to help save the day. > If one labels something as "free", that is good enough for me, the > user. I think that's the saddest thing I've ever read on this list. -- Chris Waters | Pneumonoultra-osis is too long [EMAIL PROTECTED] | microscopicsilico-to fit into a single or [EMAIL PROTECTED] | volcaniconi- standalone haiku

Re: cutting and copying and pasting in emacs.

2003-04-02 Thread Chris Waters
a more appropriate forum, thanks. -- Chris Waters | Pneumonoultra-osis is too long [EMAIL PROTECTED] | microscopicsilico-to fit into a single or [EMAIL PROTECTED] | volcaniconi- standalone haiku

Re: Another Xemacs challenge: how to get pcselection mode working

2002-12-13 Thread Chris Waters
On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 03:04:32PM -0800, Charlie Reiman wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: Chris Waters [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Anyway, this is badly off-topic. And I'd like to take this > > opportunity to remind people that the debian-emacsen list

Re: Another Xemacs challenge: how to get pcselection mode working

2002-12-13 Thread Chris Waters
OWTO questions about emacs should be directed to one of the many emacs support channels or to debian-user if it's a debian-specific question. I'm sure none of us mind answering the *occasional* noob question, but please don't make it a habit. Thanks. cheers -- Chris Water

Re: Emacs mail reader

2002-11-12 Thread Chris Waters
ng other than gnus > ;-). An additional requirement is that it can work with the MH mail > folders I already use with my Mutt and Sylpheed-Claws setup. You might want to look at wanderlust (debian package "wl"). I think it's primarily designed to work with IMAP

Re: emacs19 supported? what about emacs18?

2002-06-29 Thread Chris Waters
d it's easier to fully grasp what's going on when we are on older > Emacsen... How so? Personally, I think that font-lock mode at the console alone is enough reason to justify switching to emacs21. But you're not forced to use any of the new features in 20/21 if you don&#x

Re: r...@gnu.org: emacs iconless vs. mozilla, galeon

2002-06-14 Thread Chris Waters
GNU folks and debian-emacsen maintainers with issues outside their control. thank you -- Chris Waters | Pneumonoultra-osis is too long [EMAIL PROTECTED] | microscopicsilico-to fit into a single or [EMAIL PROTECTED] | volcaniconi- standalone haiku -- T

Re: bbdb-initialize in .emacs

2001-08-23 Thread Chris Waters
> Thanks for the help. When I use t just those 4 lines in my > .emacs, it chokes at bbdb-initialize: Same thing happens to me, same message, and it's a brand new problem that just started. Since bbdb hasn't been updated in a while, it has to be a problem in the new release of ema

Re: Debian Menu System for Emacsen

2000-12-06 Thread Chris Waters
d apps register themselves with the menu system. I assume you're using something like ':needs="emacs"'? -- Chris Waters [EMAIL PROTECTED] | I have a truly elegant proof of the or[EMAIL PROTECTED] | above, but it is too long to fit into | this .signature file.

help! upgrade from tm *not* smooth! :(

1999-09-18 Thread Chris Waters
version of tm. But this is a less than perfect solution, and I'd like to find a better one (Semi-on-topic, insofar as tm was recently dropped from the unstable archives, which is what brings me to this crisis point.) -- Chris Waters [EMAIL PROTECTED] | I have a truly elegant proof of t

Re: enhanced debian-changelog-mode.el

1999-07-30 Thread Chris Waters
Rob Browning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Chris Waters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I'm a little dubious about Gnus, especially since some may prefer VM > > or something. :-) > I can understand that, though from what I've heard, implementing a bu

Re: `~/.xemacs/{init,.options}.el' (Was: Re: [XEmacs] New Maintainer, soonish.)

1999-07-30 Thread Chris Waters
from start to finish! You're annoying and frustrating the experienced people, and not benefitting any but a tiny percentage of newbies. -- Chris Waters [EMAIL PROTECTED] | I have a truly elegant proof of the or[EMAIL PROTECTED] | above, but it is too long to fit into http://www.dsp.net/xtifr | this .signature file.

enhanced debian-changelog-mode.el prerelease 5

1999-07-26 Thread Chris Waters
o me, please. enjoy -- Chris Waters [EMAIL PROTECTED] | I have a truly elegant proof of the or[EMAIL PROTECTED] | above, but it is too long to fit into http://www.dsp.net/xtifr | this .signature file.

Re: enhanced debian-changelog-mode.el prerelease 4

1999-07-23 Thread Chris Waters
#x27;ve had there, and it's worked fine here both times. Oh well, pre4 is up, still at http://www.debian.org/~xtifr/debian-changelog-mode.el Now maybe I can start on making some *real* changes. :-) -- Chris Waters [EMAIL PROTECTED] | I have a truly elegant proof of the or[EMAIL P

Re: enhanced debian-changelog-mode.el prerelease 3

1999-07-22 Thread Chris Waters
ant-face (the > last face used). Argh! Sorry, fixed. > Then you named the menu in two different ways: debian-changelog-menu > and debian-changelog-mode-menu Also fixed. Thanks. Prerelease 3, which only corrects these two minor problems, is up. Forget my own head some days :-) cheers -

Re: enhanced debian-changelog-mode.el

1999-07-22 Thread Chris Waters
Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Chris Waters wrote: > > Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Also, I'd add optional whitespace space between "bug" and "#" and > > > also make the colon optional: >

enhanced debian-changelog-mode.el prerelease 2

1999-07-21 Thread Chris Waters
to both emacs and xemacs, I believe. Thanks to everyone who's given me feedback so far. I hope to have something a little more interesting before long. cheers -- Chris Waters [EMAIL PROTECTED] | I have a truly elegant proof of the or[EMAIL PROTECTED] | above, but it is too long t

Re: enhanced debian-changelog-mode.el

1999-07-21 Thread Chris Waters
or abort. Obviously, for something like that, email is not a reasonable option. But this is a long way from being working code in any case. :-) -- Chris Waters [EMAIL PROTECTED] | I have a truly elegant proof of the or[EMAIL PROTECTED] | above, but it is too long to fit into http://www.dsp.net/xtifr | this .signature file.

Re: enhanced debian-changelog-mode.el

1999-07-21 Thread Chris Waters
Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > A few _quick_ comments. A diff to my installed version shows you > added menus and font-lock, so perhaps this line is premature: > ;; This version has been heavily modified and enhanced by Chris Waters Perhaps -- I wasn't ori

Re: enhanced debian-changelog-mode.el

1999-07-20 Thread Chris Waters
Ok, early responses suggest that it doesn't quite work with Xemacs yet. I think I have enough info to solve that in a reasonably portable fashion now. Thanks for the feedback, I'll announce a new version in a few days probably. cheers -- Chris Waters [EMAIL PROTECTED] | I ha

enhanced debian-changelog-mode.el

1999-07-20 Thread Chris Waters
at this point. I'm not going to package it till it's a little more complete. (Note for followups: I don't currently read -devel.) cheers -- Chris Waters [EMAIL PROTECTED] | I have a truly elegant proof of the or[EMAIL PROTECTED] | above, but it is too long to fit into