From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Nicolaescu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: show minor-mode menu when you click its mode-line lighter Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2007 11:55:00 -0700 Message-ID: <200710041855.l94It4Ca007579@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> References: <87k5q323gi.fsf@cadilhac.name> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1191524332 30320 80.91.229.12 (4 Oct 2007 18:58:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 18:58:52 +0000 (UTC) Cc: drew.adams@oracle.com, =?iso-8859-1?Q?Micha=EBl?= Cadilhac , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 04 20:58:49 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IdVuK-0006FG-FV for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 04 Oct 2007 20:58:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IdVuG-00024G-9U for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:58:44 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IdVty-0001tJ-7D for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:58:26 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IdVtx-0001sA-8o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:58:25 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IdVtx-0001rz-4E for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:58:25 -0400 Original-Received: from oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu ([128.195.1.41]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IdVtr-0005o0-0B; Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:58:19 -0400 Original-Received: from mothra.ics.uci.edu (mothra.ics.uci.edu [128.195.6.93]) by oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l94It4Ca007579; Thu, 4 Oct 2007 11:55:04 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Thu\, 04 Oct 2007 13\:27\:27 -0400") Original-Lines: 17 X-ICS-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ICS-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-1.44, required 5, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED -1.44) X-ICS-MailScanner-From: dann@mothra.ics.uci.edu X-Detected-Kernel: Solaris 9 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:80248 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > Well, my .2=E2=82=AC=C2=A0: I think this is useful, and I'd use it if I use= > d this > funky thing next to my keyboard called a mouse. > > Thus, it would not in fact be useful for you. > > Is there anyone for whom this would be useful? It is not unclean as a > feature, and I would like it installed if it will be useful. But the > absence of this feature is not a flaw. I see no reason to install > one more feature if it won't actually be useful. I think this would be useful. It provides an easy way for people that don't know all the key bindings to use the commands provided by a minor mode, and on top of that it is consistent with what we do for major modes.