GNU bug report logs - #43322
Confusing menu entry for cua-mode

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2020 00:42:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 43322 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: 43322 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#43322: Confusing menu entry for cua-mode
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2020 09:54:39 +0300

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
> Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2020 17:41:13 -0700
> 
> The menu item for cua-mode is, I claim unhelpfully, called "Shift
> movement mark region (CUA)".  I am unable to parse what this even means
> -- I thought it was about C-x and C-v, etc.?

This doesn't appear by default, so the problem is not an acute one.

I think there's a typo there: it should say

  Shift movement marks the region (CUA)
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