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Re: Options menu
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: Options menu |
Date: |
Sat, 19 Mar 2005 12:20:38 +0200 |
> From: "Lennart Borgman" <address@hidden>
> Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 23:56:02 +0100
> Cc: address@hidden
>
> Most applications I use on w32 have a "View" top menu.
This was considered when the menu bar was restructured in preparation
for Emacs 21.1. The conclusion, IIRC, was that View is generally
inappropriate in a text editor, because it is not a program whose
purpose is to show you something, in which case View selects what
details you are being shown.
> My gut also tells me it is unlikely that we will have a "View" top menu now.
> However an "Appearance" sub menu with the same content will serve part of
> the same purpose and will propably IMO feel logical for most users.
If all Appearance does is be a parent for a few more-or-less unrelated
options, then we'd be better off without it.
When Emacs 21.1 was released, many users complained about the changed
menu-bar structure, even though the new structure was generally
better, certainly more standard-compliant, and had many useful
additions. Still, they complained. There's a lesson to be learned
here, IMHO: significant changes in the menu bar should only be done
for a very good reason.
- Options menu, Kim F. Storm, 2005/03/18
- Re: Options menu, David Kastrup, 2005/03/18
- Re: Options menu, Lennart Borgman, 2005/03/19
- Re: Options menu, David Kastrup, 2005/03/19
- Re: Options menu, Eli Zaretskii, 2005/03/19
- Re: Options menu, Lennart Borgman, 2005/03/19
- Re: Options menu, Richard Stallman, 2005/03/20
- Re: Options menu, David Kastrup, 2005/03/20
- Re: Options menu, Luc Teirlinck, 2005/03/20