Re: C-l while in menu?

[Ben Wing]

Simon Josefsson wrote:
> On 23 Apr 2002, Kim F. Storm wrote:
>
> > On the other hand, I think many new users would expect that M-f would
> > open the File menu, and since he doesn't already know that M-f runs
> > forward-word, he'll probably never be bothered with having to use S-M-f
> > to invoke that command.
> >     
>
> People will probably only expect accelerators to work if, e.g., the F in 
> File was underlined.
>     
    
In XEmacs, they are.
    
    
In an earlier message, which was ignored, I suggested that you guys actually
run XEmacs to see how it works.  I'm not sure why there's so much resistance
to doing this -- I can't really see how this would infringe on RMS's directive
not to look directly at XEmacs code.
    
I really want to see greater compatibility between GNU Emacs and XEmacs.
 But that can't happen unless each side explores on its own what the other
side has [btw I personally spend a fair amount of time looking at GNU Emacs
source code to try to maintain compatibility].  It's not enough to ask a
developer on the other side or wait for them to tell you what's out there;
also, it uses up time on their part.
    
I would like to see general agreement that we will try to work more closely
in keeping new interfaces compatible whenever possible.  Every new interface
that's incompatible moves us farther away from the ultimate goal of unifying
the interfaces, which I think most of us agree on (I certainly do).
    
If people have problems getting XEmacs to compile or run on their platform,
or they have problems with the pre-built binaries that exist for many platforms,
I'll be glad to help out in getting them working.
    
    
ben