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bug#7303: Suggestion: Move minor mode menus to one common top-levelsubme
From: |
Lennart Borgman |
Subject: |
bug#7303: Suggestion: Move minor mode menus to one common top-levelsubmenu |
Date: |
Fri, 29 Oct 2010 23:53:42 +0200 |
On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 11:20 PM, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:
>> I suggest we move all minor mode to one common top-level submenu for
>> two reasons:
>>
>> - It takes less space in the menu bar.
>> - The distinction between minor and major modes becomes more clear.
>>
>> This submenu could also preferably be ordered by local and
>> global minor modes.
>
> IMO, that's not the right solution.
>
> We should leave it up to users and libraries to decide where to put menus.
> This
> kind of choice depends on the context, and sometimes on user preference. The
> devil is in the details.
Maybe there should be options, yes. But I think putting the minor
modes under one submenu by defaults would be a good start.
However I doubt that something will happen. Menu changes seems to have
very low priority (or we just can't agree).