From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
Cc: "50926@debbugs.gnu.org" <50926@debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#50926: [External] : bug#50926: Light edits to the Emacs Manual (screen.texi)
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2021 17:13:46 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CO6PR10MB547370A0B45B799C62141131F3AB9@CO6PR10MB5473.namprd10.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADwFkmk7-WPQXpZjjWes11A47BR2jk6i7-_cRwVfpsZNFx_b-w@mail.gmail.com>
> > -command from the menu bar. An arrow on the right edge of a menu
> item
> > -means it leads to a subsidiary menu, or @dfn{submenu}. A @samp{...}
> > +command from the menu bar or a @dfn{submenu}. A @samp{...}
> >
> > That's wrong, IMO. The menu-bar has menus, which can
> > have submenus. The menu-bar doesn't have submenus.
>
> So the original text is wrong as well?
IMO, yes.
> > But what is meant by "the first menu bar item"?
> > The menu bar doesn't have items. It has menus.
> > And what's meant by "first" here? Must have
> > something to do with invoking (first command
> > invoked?), but it's not clear to me what this
> > is trying to say.
>
> This is a pre-existing confusion, right?
If you mean that the existing text already presents
such confusion, then yes, IMO.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-10-01 17:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-09-30 23:51 bug#50926: Light edits to the Emacs Manual (screen.texi) Stefan Kangas
2021-10-01 1:50 ` bug#50926: [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-10-01 13:29 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-10-01 17:13 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2021-10-01 7:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-09 0:40 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-10-09 7:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-09 16:41 ` bug#50926: [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-10-09 16:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-09 17:18 ` Drew Adams
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