From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#7303: Suggestion: Move minor mode menus to one common top-levelsubmenu Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 23:53:42 +0200 Message-ID: References: <2ACD2D1AF0004AD38E4A3C9C6CD4815A@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1288390743 21871 80.91.229.12 (29 Oct 2010 22:19:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 22:19:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 7303@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Oct 30 00:19:01 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PBxHp-0004mK-2M for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 30 Oct 2010 00:19:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49324 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PBxHo-00071N-CQ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=IwykoqFv8m9jBEQ57h6XfSoFIYfocMpzWGGWTwSNmk3vBVnvXKh3/hesfKpbmyZNvk GAQ0fsOC+e4jJZBTP7iKGV1ng4u8LDsQykoMsOfWfo1U4b4/is64HijUI5U1NeIPag4E Q5IQb/z/yDBbzf5oa1WkGfw6m7luymlztPL9U= Original-Received: by 10.229.182.82 with SMTP id cb18mr11773051qcb.286.1288389242859; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 14:54:02 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.229.224.199 with HTTP; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 14:53:42 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <2ACD2D1AF0004AD38E4A3C9C6CD4815A@us.oracle.com> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 17:50:03 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:41256 Archived-At: On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 11:20 PM, Drew Adams wrote: >> I suggest we move all minor mode to one common top-level submenu for >> two reasons: >> >> - It takes less space in the menu bar. >> - The distinction between minor and major modes becomes more clear. >> >> This submenu could also preferably be ordered by local and >> global minor modes. > > IMO, that's not the right solution. > > We should leave it up to users and libraries to decide where to put menus= . =C2=A0This > kind of choice depends on the context, and sometimes on user preference. = =C2=A0The > devil is in the details. Maybe there should be options, yes. But I think putting the minor modes under one submenu by defaults would be a good start. However I doubt that something will happen. Menu changes seems to have very low priority (or we just can't agree).