Re: The discussion about easy-menu

[Lennart Borgman]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stefan Monnier" <address@hidden>


> > I did not see a clear resulotion to the changes that made some old code
> > using easy-menu ended. Here is an example of the state at the moment
with
> > current CVS Emacs. To be able to add a menu both when using current
Emacs
> > and CVS Emacs I am now using something like the following:
>
> >       (easy-menu-change
> >         (if cvs-emacs
> >            '("file")
> >           '("files"))
> >         "Quick Print (to Windows Printer)"
> >         print-menu-spec "separator-window") ))
>
> > Should it be like this? I think it would be nice if "files" worked in
CVS
> > Emacs too.
>
> This is actually orthogonal to the easy-menu discussion.
> The problem comes simply from the fact that Richard changed the key name
> from "files" to "file".  He did do it as a result of the discussion,
> admittedly.  AFAIK he only did it for "consistency".  It seemed a bit
> gratuitous to me, although I do agree that consistency is a nice property.

It is ok with me. I think consistency can save time. I just want that this
should be pointed out somewhere in the documentation, since otherwise the
change can waste time. I have no idea though were to do this.

- Lennart