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Re: Enhancements to options menu (was Re: Reveal mode)
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Kim F. Storm |
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Re: Enhancements to options menu (was Re: Reveal mode) |
Date: |
06 May 2002 00:24:20 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2.50 |
Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:
> IMO, the custom interface is overwhelming in the sense that it doesn't
> really prioritize the options.
>
> So, if we had a command to customize a selected list of the 50 most
> important options, using the existing Custom facility, would that
> do the job?
At least, that would be a step in the right direction....
I want a "novice" level of customization where a new emacs user can
quickly get an overview of the various features offered by emacs -
preferably just with one option per package ... and preferably
not more complex than it can be shown in a single 24x80 window.
>
> Another idea: it would also be possible to sort the options in any
> given Custom buffer, if we assigned them importance levels.
> The more important options could come first.
Agree.
But I think options are shown in the sequence in which they occur
in the source files.... so it is just a question of ordering them
there (maybe adding a few :set-after properties).
>
> Another idea: the Custom buffer could show the important options for
> any given topic, and end with a button Show Less-Important Options
> with which you could see the rest of the options for that topic.
> Perhaps we could do that whenever the number of options exceeds a
> certain threshold.
I don't think this is necessary...
If options are shown in order of decreasing importance,
I guess the user can just avoid using "page down"...
>
> I don't entirely understand this suggestion:
>
> [x] Abbreviation mode [advanced]
> [x] Revert mode [advanced]
>
> What does "advanced" mean here?
>
>
It would enter the corresponding custiomize-group.
--
Kim F. Storm <address@hidden> http://www.cua.dk
- Re: Enhancements to options menu (was Re: Reveal mode), (continued)
- Re: Enhancements to options menu (was Re: Reveal mode), Stefan Monnier, 2002/05/07
- Re: Enhancements to options menu (was Re: Reveal mode), Thien-Thi Nguyen, 2002/05/08
- Re: Enhancements to options menu (was Re: Reveal mode), Stefan Monnier, 2002/05/08
- Re: Enhancements to options menu (was Re: Reveal mode), Richard Stallman, 2002/05/08
- Re: Enhancements to options menu (was Re: Reveal mode), Alex Schroeder, 2002/05/04
- Re: Enhancements to options menu (was Re: Reveal mode), Richard Stallman, 2002/05/04
- Re: Enhancements to options menu (was Re: Reveal mode), Kim F. Storm, 2002/05/04
- Re: Enhancements to options menu (was Re: Reveal mode), Richard Stallman, 2002/05/05
- Re: Enhancements to options menu (was Re: Reveal mode),
Kim F. Storm <=
- Re: Enhancements to options menu (was Re: Reveal mode), Eli Zaretskii, 2002/05/06
- Re: Enhancements to options menu (was Re: Reveal mode), Miles Bader, 2002/05/06
- Re: Enhancements to options menu (was Re: Reveal mode), Kim F. Storm, 2002/05/06
- Re: Enhancements to options menu (was Re: Reveal mode), Richard Stallman, 2002/05/06
- Re: Enhancements to options menu (was Re: Reveal mode), Richard Stallman, 2002/05/06
- Re: Enhancements to options menu (was Re: Reveal mode), Kim F. Storm, 2002/05/06
- Re: Enhancements to options menu (was Re: Reveal mode), Richard Stallman, 2002/05/07