From: Tim Cross <theophilusx@gmail.com>
To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: 8176@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#8176: 24.0.50; GUI toolkit differences
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 16:56:34 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAC=50j-t9akhKpe5JsgAQQyDk__H_yQr7zc_5_CdtRD=PUX6sQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m3pqlo7r1v.fsf@quimbies.gnus.org>
On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 12:14 AM, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> wrote:
> Tim Cross <theophilusx@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> My suggestion would be to add it to the elisp manual, possibly as a
>> footnote, in either section 22.17 or possibly 22.17.1. Something along
>> the lines that not all GUI toolkits are equal and some features or
>> behaviours available in one toolkit may not be available in another.
>> For example, GTK will not allow a top level menu button or action,
>> while Lucid and NS do.
>>
>> A tricky part in documenting this is getting consistency of terms. I'm
>> not sure if 'top level button or action' is really understood, but
>> basically it refers to a menu item on the top level menu bar which
>> performs an action other than to open a sub-menu.
>
> Could you suggest a paragraph for 22.17.1 that explains this problem?
>
> --
> (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
> bloggy blog http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/
>
I will try to draft something in the next few days.
Tim
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-07-06 6:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-03-05 4:13 bug#8176: 24.0.50; GUI toolkit differences Tim Cross
2011-07-04 14:05 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-07-05 0:00 ` Tim Cross
2011-07-05 5:56 ` Jan Djärv
2011-07-05 6:02 ` Tim Cross
2011-07-05 8:48 ` Jan D.
2011-07-06 7:02 ` Tim Cross
2011-07-05 14:14 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-07-06 6:56 ` Tim Cross [this message]
2011-07-12 3:34 ` Tim Cross
2011-07-15 16:33 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-07-15 23:51 ` Tim Cross
2011-07-16 17:47 ` Glenn Morris
2011-07-16 18:04 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-07-16 18:14 ` Andreas Schwab
2011-07-16 18:32 ` Glenn Morris
2011-07-06 15:12 ` Jason Rumney
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