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Re: Options menu
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: Options menu |
Date: |
Sat, 19 Mar 2005 17:32:47 +0200 |
> Cc: "Lennart Borgman" <address@hidden>,
> address@hidden
> From: David Kastrup <address@hidden>
> Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 12:24:34 +0100
>
> > When Emacs 21.1 was released, many users complained about the
> > changed menu-bar structure, even though the new structure was
> > generally better, certainly more standard-compliant, and had many
> > useful additions. Still, they complained. There's a lesson to be
> > learned here, IMHO: significant changes in the menu bar should only
> > be done for a very good reason.
>
> Uh, Eli? Reality check. The last released menu structure is from the
> year 2001 or so.
It was redesigned in 2001, but it was last released just a few weeks
ago, with Emacs 21.4.
> No matter _what_ we will release next, it will have significant
> changes all over the board.
Not in the menu-bar's menu structure, AFAIK.
> Consistency and cleanliness _are_ good reasons.
Apparently, not good enough for quite a few users. That was what I
was trying to tell above, obviously with no success.
> the current structure _is_ already completely dissimilar to the last
> released one.
Unless I miss a lot of changes, I don't see how the current CVS is
``completely dissimilar'' to v21.4 as far as the menu bar is
concerned. The changes are quite small.
- Options menu, Kim F. Storm, 2005/03/18
- Re: Options menu, David Kastrup, 2005/03/18
- Re: Options menu, Kim F. Storm, 2005/03/18
- Re: Options menu, Chong Yidong, 2005/03/18
- Re: Options menu, Lennart Borgman, 2005/03/18
- Re: Options menu, Eli Zaretskii, 2005/03/19
- Re: Options menu, David Kastrup, 2005/03/19
- Re: Options menu,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- Re: Options menu, David Kastrup, 2005/03/19
- Re: Options menu, Lennart Borgman, 2005/03/19
- Re: Options menu, David Kastrup, 2005/03/19
- Re: Options menu, Eli Zaretskii, 2005/03/19
- Re: Options menu, Lennart Borgman, 2005/03/19
- Re: Options menu, Richard Stallman, 2005/03/20
- Re: Options menu, David Kastrup, 2005/03/20
- Re: Options menu, Luc Teirlinck, 2005/03/20
- Re: Options menu, David Kastrup, 2005/03/20
- Re: Options menu, Luc Teirlinck, 2005/03/20