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From: worley@compass.com (Dale Worley)
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Subject: Re: Why I hate Emacs
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Date: 17 Dec 90 17:22:43 GMT
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   I'm typing a letter in Mail mode.  I try to do C-x C-n to set a goal
   column.  Now I'm getting beeps and my command line says:
       "Please type y, n, or space"

Well, first you didn't check (C-h l) to see what you actually typed,
rather than what you thought you typed, otherwise you'd have
discovered that you typed C-x n rather than C-x C-n.  Next time Emacs
does something weird, use C-h l and figure out what you really did.

Dale Worley		Compass, Inc.			worley@compass.com
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Reality is what you can get away with.