* bug#43315: 28.0.50; Improvements to menu-bar Edit: add redo
@ 2020-09-10 18:29 Caio Henrique
2020-09-10 20:59 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-11 4:18 ` Richard Stallman
0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Caio Henrique @ 2020-09-10 18:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 43315
Hi,
After the recent discussions to improve discoverability of Emacs, I
analyzed the Emacs menu-bar and the menu bar of other text
editors. They all have a "Redo" option close to the "Undo".
Here are some examples:
1. nano
When you launch nano on the terminal, you can see the text on the bottom
that says "M-E Redo", right bellow "Undo".
2. libreoffice write
When you open the Edit menu, you will find that the first option is "Undo"
and the second is "Redo".
3. Notepad++
Same as libreoffice write.
4. Visual Studio Code
Same as libreoffice write.
Here is my proposal:
I'm not used to the default undo system since I use undo-tree, but it
seems that Emacs 28 has added a function called undo-redo to the
simple.el file, right? My proposal is to add it to the menu-bar, right
bellow "Undo":
_____
diff --git a/lisp/menu-bar.el b/lisp/menu-bar.el
index bc094c9050..30d86c7f17 100644
--- a/lisp/menu-bar.el
+++ b/lisp/menu-bar.el
@@ -536,6 +536,12 @@ menu-bar-edit-menu
(if (featurep 'ns)
(bindings--define-key menu [separator-undo] menu-bar-separator))
+ (bindings--define-key menu [undo-redo]
+ '(menu-item "Redo" undo-redo
+ :enable (and (not buffer-read-only)
+ (undo--last-change-was-undo-p buffer-undo-list))
+ :help "Undo last undo"))
+
(bindings--define-key menu [undo]
'(menu-item "Undo" undo
:enable (and (not buffer-read-only)
____
Cordially,
Caio Henrique
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2020-09-10 18:29 bug#43315: 28.0.50; Improvements to menu-bar Edit: add redo Caio Henrique
@ 2020-09-10 20:59 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-10 22:21 ` Caio Henrique
2020-09-11 5:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-11 4:18 ` Richard Stallman
1 sibling, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Lars Ingebrigtsen @ 2020-09-10 20:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Caio Henrique; +Cc: 43315
Caio Henrique <caiohcs0@gmail.com> writes:
> Here is my proposal:
> I'm not used to the default undo system since I use undo-tree, but it
> seems that Emacs 28 has added a function called undo-redo to the
> simple.el file, right? My proposal is to add it to the menu-bar, right
> bellow "Undo":
Makes sense to me, so I've applied your patch to Emacs 28.
It's small enough to do without a copyright assignment to the FSF, but
if it's likely/possible that you'll be submitting more patches in the
future, it might make sense to start the assignment process now. Would
you be willing to assign the copyright on Emacs patches to the FSF?
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
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* bug#43315: 28.0.50; Improvements to menu-bar Edit: add redo
2020-09-10 20:59 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
@ 2020-09-10 22:21 ` Caio Henrique
2020-09-11 6:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-11 5:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Caio Henrique @ 2020-09-10 22:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen; +Cc: 43315, Caio Henrique
Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> Would you be willing to assign the copyright on Emacs patches to the FSF?
Yes, can you send me the instructions/documents? Thanks!
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* bug#43315: 28.0.50; Improvements to menu-bar Edit: add redo
2020-09-10 22:21 ` Caio Henrique
@ 2020-09-11 6:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2020-09-11 6:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Caio Henrique; +Cc: larsi, 43315, caiohcs0
> From: Caio Henrique <caiohcs0@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2020 19:21:07 -0300
> Cc: 43315@debbugs.gnu.org, Caio Henrique <caiohcs0@gmail.com>
>
> Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
>
> > Would you be willing to assign the copyright on Emacs patches to the FSF?
>
> Yes, can you send me the instructions/documents? Thanks!
Form and instructions sent off-list.
Thanks.
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* bug#43315: 28.0.50; Improvements to menu-bar Edit: add redo
2020-09-10 20:59 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-10 22:21 ` Caio Henrique
@ 2020-09-11 5:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2020-09-11 5:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen; +Cc: 43315, caiohcs0
> Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
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> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
> Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2020 22:59:15 +0200
> Cc: 43315@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> Caio Henrique <caiohcs0@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Here is my proposal:
> > I'm not used to the default undo system since I use undo-tree, but it
> > seems that Emacs 28 has added a function called undo-redo to the
> > simple.el file, right? My proposal is to add it to the menu-bar, right
> > bellow "Undo":
>
> Makes sense to me, so I've applied your patch to Emacs 28.
Thanks.
However, when we put a command on a menu item, we should make sure its
documentation is clear enough for newbies. In this case, the doc
string was so terse it was beyond obscure, and needed fixing to be
clear enough for a menu command. (I fixed it.)
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* bug#43315: 28.0.50; Improvements to menu-bar Edit: add redo
2020-09-10 18:29 bug#43315: 28.0.50; Improvements to menu-bar Edit: add redo Caio Henrique
2020-09-10 20:59 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
@ 2020-09-11 4:18 ` Richard Stallman
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From: Richard Stallman @ 2020-09-11 4:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Caio Henrique; +Cc: 43315
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> + (bindings--define-key menu [undo-redo]
> + '(menu-item "Redo" undo-redo
> + :enable (and (not buffer-read-only)
> + (undo--last-change-was-undo-p buffer-undo-list))
> + :help "Undo last undo"))
> +
There is no harm putting it in the menu. But I doubt we can find a key for it.
--
Dr Richard Stallman
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Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org)
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