Re: more on anything.el inclusion

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Thu, 1 Jul 2010 18:43:02 +0200 Lennart Borgman <address@hidden> wrote: 

LB> 2010/7/1 Ted Zlatanov <address@hidden>:
>>>> 
>>>> In which menu should we add anything commands?
>> 
LB> I have suggested long ago to create a top level menu for all minor
LB> modes. That would make decisions like this easier.
>> 
>> Exposing functionality creates UI complexity; Emacs is already really
>> complex both in UI terms and in scope.  So I don't think adding a
>> general menu like that (have you seen how many minor modes Emacs has?)
>> would benefit the users.

LB> A misunderstanding. The problem today is that all minor mode menus
LB> goes into the top level menu, i.e. the menu bar. So every minor mode
LB> you turn on takes space in the menu bar, but the space in the menu bar
LB> is limited.

LB> What I suggested is that minor mode menus should not go into the menu
LB> bar. They should go into a submenu for minor modes instead. (Perhaps
LB> that should be customized per minor mode.)

LB> Normally minor modes are not in the menus unless they are turned on.

I see.  You meant "all active minor modes" in your original message.
Yes, in that limited case it could work but I'm not convinced it would
be useful.

Ted