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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: <1150@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>, <emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org>
Subject: bug#1150: 23.0.60; Ibuffer's menubar menu should be named Ibuffer, not View
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:12:33 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <000001c92c8d$b7cb61a0$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <002901c92c8b$31131420$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com>

> emacs -Q
> M-x ibuffer
>  
> The menubar menu `View' should be named `Ibuffer'. It is all about and
> only about Ibuffer. It is not about viewing in general, and it is by
> no means only about viewing. The last menu item is (rightfully)
> `Customize Ibuffer', not `Customize View' or `Customize Viewing'.
>  
> This is about Ibuffer, and only Ibuffer. Someone looking for a menu
> about Ibuffer will not look for `View', and someone looking for a menu
> about displaying or viewing will not expect to find only stuff about
> Ibuffer.
>  
> In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
>  of 2008-10-03 on LENNART-69DE564
> Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
> configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4) --no-opt 
> --cflags -Ic:/g/include
> -fno-crossjumping'

My bad. I didn't notice that there were additional Ibuffer menus, `Operate' and
`Mark'. I withdraw most of what I said.

However, the `View' menu is still inappropriately named - it includes things
that have nothing to do with viewing (`Diff with file', `Toggle Auto Mode',
`Customize Ibuffer', `Filter', `Filter Groups'). It seems to be a catch-all - an
`Ibuffer' menu for things that don't fit in `Operate' or `Mark'. And menu
`Operate' includes some viewing menu items. 

I don't have a better name in mind than `View'. Instead, I'd suggest perhaps
reorganizing the menus. The organization of the Dired menus is superior and
might serve as a partial model.







  reply	other threads:[~2008-10-12 17:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-10-12 16:54 bug#1150: 23.0.60; Ibuffer's menubar menu should be named Ibuffer, not View Drew Adams
2008-10-12 17:12 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2016-04-27 17:00   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-04-27 17:06     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-04-27 17:21       ` Drew Adams

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