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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 1421@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#1421: 23.0.60; Menu items in Options menu
Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 23:45:22 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3pqllvk7h.fsf@quimbies.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <003401c94e6b$cd2f0dd0$c2b22382@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:35:26 -0800")

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

> It would be better to be more consistent in the kind of menu items
> used.  Currently, some are noun phrases (e.g. Active Region
> Highlighting) and others are verb phrases (e.g. Save Place in Files
> Between Sesssions).  Generally, I'd suggest using verb phrases.
>
> Suggestions:
>
> Highlight Active Region
> Highlight Matching Parenthesis
> Ignore Case for Search
> Use CUA Cut-Copy-Paste Keys
> Blink Cursor

I've now made these changes, with some slight adjustments.

> Also, perhaps:
>
> Long Lines in Buffer
> This one is not a problem of noun vs verb. This submenu is about how
> to handle long lines, and truncating is not a kind of wrapping.

Not this one, though.  I think "truncating" is the correct Emacs
terminology, and "Long Lines in Buffer" is more confusing, in my
opinion.

> And this menu item could be a verb phrase, like the others in its
> submenu:
>
> Wrap Between Words

Fixed this, too.

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-07-07 21:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-11-24 19:35 bug#1421: 23.0.60; Menu items in Options menu Drew Adams
2008-11-25  3:22 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-07-07 21:45 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2011-07-07 22:42   ` Chong Yidong

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