Re: File menu changes (suggestions)

[Jason Rumney]

Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:

>> I agree this name is sort of confusing.  I do not see any obvious
>> right name, but I came up with Absorb Other Windows, which I think is
>> pretty clear.  I have been trying to think of other verbs, but I can't
>> find one that is entirely right.  "Devour"?  "Ingest"?  "Conquer"?
>
> FWIW, I see nothing wrong with "Unsplit".  At least one other GUI
> program uses "Remove split", which is very similar; if that is better,
> let's use it.  I think names like "Absorb", "Devour", etc. will tell
> nothing to users.

I agree. Unsplit Windows at least conveys the notion that it does the
opposite of Split Window. Coming up with a new verb would remove that
association.