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RE: Simple Tasks, new TODO category


From: Drew Adams
Subject: RE: Simple Tasks, new TODO category
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:32:53 -0800

> > A non-printable seems very obscure, though. I'd think using a (seldom)
> > printable (with a way to escape it, of course) might be more friendly.
> > Why not use underscore, as GTK does (and translate appropriately to the
> > target platform)?
>
> XEmacs uses %_, which is even less likely to be used in a menu item 
> name, and has the benefit of not appearing in any key binding so we 
> wouldn't have to do any escaping of key bindings that are automatically 
> added to the menu.

"Not appearing in any key binding"? How to know that? A user can bind any keys 
s?he likes. This is being short-sighted, I think.





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