From: Nick Roberts <nickrob@snap.net.nz>
To: rms@gnu.org
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Menubar on text only terminals
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2007 09:36:22 +1200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <17934.54358.129732.694345@farnswood.snap.net.nz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1HXkPI-0003b9-IK@fencepost.gnu.org>
> I can make a menu item work like a toolbar icon on a text only terminal
> with the following:
>
> I don't entirely understand what that means.
One mouse click on a menu item is sufficient to perform the underlying function
(before my change on 2007-03-30 a mouse click popped up a completions list).
This is just how the toolbar functions.
> This probably isn't for the release, but I think toolbar functionality
> maps better onto text only terminals than the menubar because there are
> no pull down menus to worry about.
>
> I am really lost there.
With tmm, sub-menus have to be navigated through completions lists, which some
find inconvenient. Toolbars don't have that extra complexity. I'm just
trying to say that toolbars and text terminals (with use of the mouse) are a
more natural fit.
--
Nick http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-03-31 21:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-03-31 7:12 Menubar on text only terminals Nick Roberts
2007-03-31 20:42 ` Richard Stallman
2007-03-31 21:36 ` Nick Roberts [this message]
2007-04-02 2:13 ` Giorgos Keramidas
2007-04-02 4:56 ` Nick Roberts
2007-04-02 6:55 ` Giorgos Keramidas
2007-04-02 7:25 ` David Kastrup
2007-04-02 7:37 ` Giorgos Keramidas
2007-04-02 7:47 ` David Kastrup
2007-04-02 12:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-04-02 23:28 ` Nick Roberts
2007-04-03 6:50 ` David Kastrup
2007-04-03 8:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
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