* bug#14920: 24.3.50; Move search menu items to Search menu
@ 2013-07-21 0:37 Drew Adams
2016-04-29 13:09 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Drew Adams @ 2013-07-21 0:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 14920
Menu `Tools' is overloaded and becoming a catch-all - a place to throw
stuff that one doesn't want to take the time to find a good place for.
Search stuff should all be moved to menu `Search'. This includes, e.g.,
`Search Files (grep)' and `Directory Search' (not sure of this one,
since this submenu seems to be a hodgepodge of directory-service
commands and is not limited to directory-service _search_ - see bug
#14919).
I also recommend moving menu `Search' to the top level, out from under
`Edit', and moving menu `Replace' under `Search' (it would be search and
replace, but a top-level menu name needs to be short).
I also recommend moving menus `Bookmarks' and `Go To' under top-level
menu `Search'.
Menu `Search' might also include submenu `Spell Checking'. If that is
not moved to `Search' it should be moved to `Edit' from `Tools'.
Menu `Search' would thus be about searching in general: searching the
content of files, buffers, whatever, but also finding objects (files,
buffers, whatever).
In GNU Emacs 24.3.50.1 (i686-pc-mingw32)
of 2013-07-14 on ODIEONE
Bzr revision: 113423 lekktu@gmail.com-20130715004922-i67tg2ois14h3fpm
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601
Configured using:
`configure --prefix=/c/Devel/emacs/binary --enable-checking=yes,glyphs
CFLAGS='-O0 -g3' CPPFLAGS='-Ic:/Devel/emacs/include'
LDFLAGS='-Lc:/Devel/emacs/lib''
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* bug#14920: 24.3.50; Move search menu items to Search menu
2013-07-21 0:37 bug#14920: 24.3.50; Move search menu items to Search menu Drew Adams
@ 2016-04-29 13:09 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-05-30 6:49 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Lars Ingebrigtsen @ 2016-04-29 13:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Drew Adams; +Cc: 14920
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> Menu `Tools' is overloaded and becoming a catch-all - a place to throw
> stuff that one doesn't want to take the time to find a good place for.
>
> Search stuff should all be moved to menu `Search'. This includes, e.g.,
> `Search Files (grep)' and `Directory Search' (not sure of this one,
> since this submenu seems to be a hodgepodge of directory-service
> commands and is not limited to directory-service _search_ - see bug
> #14919).
"Directory Search" has been renamed -- it's not about search.
> I also recommend moving menu `Search' to the top level, out from under
> `Edit', and moving menu `Replace' under `Search' (it would be search and
> replace, but a top-level menu name needs to be short).
Hm... It's odd that "Search" is under edit, perhaps. I mean, you want
to be able to search in non-editing modes, too.
Replace wouldn't be that natural in non-editing modes, but...
> I also recommend moving menus `Bookmarks' and `Go To' under top-level
> menu `Search'.
>
> Menu `Search' might also include submenu `Spell Checking'. If that is
> not moved to `Search' it should be moved to `Edit' from `Tools'.
Hm... not sure...
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
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* bug#14920: 24.3.50; Move search menu items to Search menu
2016-04-29 13:09 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
@ 2021-05-30 6:49 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Lars Ingebrigtsen @ 2021-05-30 6:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Drew Adams; +Cc: 14920
Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
>> I also recommend moving menu `Search' to the top level, out from under
>> `Edit', and moving menu `Replace' under `Search' (it would be search and
>> replace, but a top-level menu name needs to be short).
>
> Hm... It's odd that "Search" is under edit, perhaps. I mean, you want
> to be able to search in non-editing modes, too.
However, the Edit menu is always visible, so Search makes about as much
sense there as anywhere else. But moving it would confuse those who are
used to it being there, so I don't think doing anything about this would
make much sense, and I'm closing this bug report.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
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