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Re: mode-line under vc
From: |
Dan Nicolaescu |
Subject: |
Re: mode-line under vc |
Date: |
Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:09:49 -0700 |
Nick Roberts <address@hidden> writes:
> > > 2) Do we really need to explain that "CVS" in the mode-line means
> > > "under the CVS version control system" in the help-echo? It's kind
of
> > > long and seems a bit repetitive, unlike explaining the difference
between
> > > ":" and "-" which _is_ obscure.
>
> > The reason I added it is that it can happen that people are not
> > familiar with some of the (now many) version control systems... Inside
> > a company different projects can use different version control
> > systems. It would be nice if we had the "pretty" name available:
> > SVN is actually Subversion
> > HG is Mercurial
> > (bzr is Bazaar?)
>
> If the user has previously checked these files out, he is likely to know
about
> the version control system in question.
That's not always the case, the code can just be in a shared place in
the file system.
> If he doesn't know what SVN stands
> for, then Subversion may not mean much either. I think that tooltips should
> just provide hints, not documentation. If absolutely necessary the user can
> Google for more information.
I believe that we should try to reduce the amount of googling
necessary, we should give as much information as possible in a concise
form. I'm inclined to believe that this qualifies, but if you feel
strongly about it, just make the change.
> > > 3) Its not clear what VC is in "mouse-1: VC Menu". Replacing it with
> > > "mouse-1: version control" would be self-explanatory and help
> > > compensate for the proposed change in 2).
> >
> > IMO the "menu" should appear there, to make it very obvious what you
> > get, if you use mouse-1
>
> When the mouse is over the mode-name clicking mouse-1 pops up a menu, yet
the
> tooltip just says "mouse-1: major mode".
And IMHO that is confusing, it would be better to say "major mode menu".