From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Cc: Pavel@Janik.cz, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Enhancements to options menu (was Re: Reveal mode)
Date: Sat, 4 May 2002 09:01:57 -0600 (MDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200205041501.g44F1vm01192@aztec.santafe.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5xwuuk6b4q.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> (storm@cua.dk)
That's ok. However, for new users, I would like to have something a
little less overwhelming (and easier to browse) than the full-blown
customize interface.
Why do you think it is "overwhelming"? What makes it difficult to
browse? Perhaps Custom can be improved, but if we want to have any chance
to improve it, we need to think more concretely.
If we want to make a drastic change, we should use the existing Custom
data structure and build another interface to use it.
> We should
> encourage users to use that facility instead. If it is not good
> enough, we should improve it.
Maybe we could create a "preferences" page which contains toggles for,
say, 25 commonly used options, and also a link to the customize group
for that option.
I don't understand this proposal. For instance, you speak of a
"page"; what does that mean here? Could you use the standard term
for whatever entity you have in mind?
The only "pages" in Emacs are the ones that C-x C-p handles.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-05-04 15:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 66+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-04-30 21:19 Reveal mode Richard Stallman
2002-05-01 20:30 ` Pavel Janík
2002-05-01 23:34 ` Enhancements to options menu (was Re: Reveal mode) Kim F. Storm
2002-05-02 5:16 ` Enhancements to options menu Karl Eichwalder
2002-05-02 11:39 ` Per Abrahamsen
2002-05-02 20:20 ` Kim F. Storm
2002-05-02 23:48 ` Karl Eichwalder
2002-05-03 18:25 ` Enhancements to options menu (was Re: Reveal mode) Richard Stallman
2002-05-03 23:54 ` Kim F. Storm
2002-05-04 0:39 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2002-05-04 8:58 ` Pavel Janík
2002-05-05 23:15 ` Stefan Monnier
2002-05-07 15:38 ` Pavel Janík
2002-05-07 16:33 ` Simon Josefsson
2002-05-07 18:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-05-07 19:11 ` Simon Josefsson
2002-05-08 0:27 ` Miles Bader
2002-05-08 2:51 ` Colin Walters
2002-05-08 3:06 ` Stefan Monnier
2002-05-08 16:10 ` Miles Bader
2002-05-08 4:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-05-08 11:24 ` Per Abrahamsen
2002-05-08 13:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-05-08 13:43 ` Stefan Monnier
2002-05-08 13:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-05-08 14:05 ` Stefan Monnier
2002-05-08 14:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-05-08 15:28 ` Simon Josefsson
2002-05-08 15:43 ` Alan Shutko
2002-05-12 5:26 ` Karl Eichwalder
2002-05-12 5:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-05-08 15:46 ` Miles Bader
2002-05-08 16:31 ` Robert J. Chassell
2002-05-08 18:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-05-08 15:27 ` Karl Eichwalder
2002-05-08 16:30 ` Stefan Monnier
2002-05-09 14:59 ` Richard Stallman
2002-05-09 16:53 ` Karl Eichwalder
2002-05-09 17:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-05-09 18:26 ` Karl Eichwalder
2002-05-09 18:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-05-08 14:02 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-05-08 15:31 ` Simon Josefsson
2002-05-08 15:55 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-05-07 23:59 ` Stefan Monnier
2002-05-08 6:03 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2002-05-08 13:37 ` Stefan Monnier
2002-05-08 13:59 ` Richard Stallman
2002-05-04 9:32 ` Alex Schroeder
2002-05-04 15:01 ` Richard Stallman [this message]
2002-05-04 18:44 ` Kim F. Storm
2002-05-05 17:45 ` Richard Stallman
2002-05-05 22:24 ` Kim F. Storm
2002-05-06 4:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-05-06 6:30 ` Miles Bader
2002-05-06 9:17 ` Kim F. Storm
2002-05-06 19:32 ` Richard Stallman
2002-05-06 19:32 ` Richard Stallman
2002-05-06 23:12 ` Kim F. Storm
2002-05-07 20:07 ` Richard Stallman
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-05-07 18:30 Karl Berry
2002-05-07 19:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-05-08 17:11 Karl Berry
2002-05-08 17:19 ` Alan Shutko
2002-05-08 17:27 Karl Berry
2002-05-08 17:40 ` Miles Bader
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