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Re: Options menu names
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: Options menu names |
Date: |
Mon, 06 Mar 2006 06:44:26 +0200 |
> From: "Drew Adams" <address@hidden>
> Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 14:51:34 -0800
>
> The issue is largely moot because there is no "Syntax Highlighting"
> entry in the Option menu since it was removed on 2005-11-14 after
> `global-font-lock-mode' had been turned on by default.
>
> Sigh. Please read the original bug report. Syntax Highlighting was one of
> nine such menu items mentioned.
Drew, would you please stop badgering people like that? The fact that
they disagree or refer to the parts that are unimportant to you
doesn't mean their read abilities are deficient.
> My point was to use a verb phrase, not a noun phrase, for a toggle menu
> item: "Drink Coca-Cola", not "Coca-Cola" (to use a recognizable name).
Please look around at other GUI programs' Options menus, and see what
language they use for the items there. I did that, and I cannot say
they use verb phrases as a general principle.
- Options menu names, Drew Adams, 2006/03/04
- Re: Options menu names, Eli Zaretskii, 2006/03/04
- RE: Options menu names, Drew Adams, 2006/03/05
- Re: Options menu names, Eli Zaretskii, 2006/03/05
- RE: Options menu names, Drew Adams, 2006/03/05
- Re: Options menu names, John Paul Wallington, 2006/03/05
- RE: Options menu names, Drew Adams, 2006/03/05
- Re: Options menu names,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- RE: Options menu names, Drew Adams, 2006/03/06
- Re: Options menu names, Eli Zaretskii, 2006/03/05
Re: Options menu names, Richard Stallman, 2006/03/06