From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Redo button on the tool bar Date: Thu, 09 May 2024 19:41:30 +0300 Message-ID: <86msoz545h.fsf@gnu.org> References: <15F31342-2F2E-4F1E-9FE2-D8F1A62BCC5A@gmail.com> <2F9EE9AF-EEE6-4296-9FDA-B9F8C1B1EE6A@gmail.com> <86frur8sg5.fsf@gnu.org> <86o79fx9x8.fsf@gmail.com> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="17475"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Elijah G." Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu May 09 18:42:27 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1s56qh-0004N6-44 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 09 May 2024 18:42:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1s56pu-0000x9-Rl; Thu, 09 May 2024 12:41:38 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1s56pr-0000wg-2t for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 09 May 2024 12:41:35 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1s56pq-0005gg-RQ; Thu, 09 May 2024 12:41:34 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=dyI82uQlk1YuIK1ASuVCXyR4muw65lOFxOBm62UwQns=; b=MgC0g/TAYTtH TWPvir8TVzCEygxqYywfr7hkfh4k5UoD+B7L5By7ibUqXzbzJAFw/H0dzdNVq2mtOBRg9PnUCPtXd CoADUx+KEEjLWtPmW7S3beWTkDqUEBUA1oPqu8RfzmOAsLT0bFrRusilTnM/nCkp9MAFRjLgwj69m N8hmBUjH+s/VErf2VPTDH4t1cGSW5kBFlQApxvWdPKhsX0FecSDn/6qhbhY6fLmJ6p6N3g4zJPeiY 7xzDHt2xiMSCwRLqjLaVvYQ7vn6SYW7Y9+b27TwAsv3jVkRz/wA8PvBvYqxISr4m2U5REv3au+TRu rH8dBPif2LBKzi0jiY8zag==; In-Reply-To: <86o79fx9x8.fsf@gmail.com> (eg642616@gmail.com) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:319089 Archived-At: > From: "Elijah G." > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Thu, 09 May 2024 09:49:23 -0600 > > Eli Zaretskii writes: > > > Please always start a new thread of discussion for unrelated issues. > > I did that now. > > > >> Also i would like to know if there are plans for > >> add a redo button in the tool-bar, there is a redo > >> button in menu-bar Edit section but no in the > >> tool-bar. > > > > Is that used frequently enough to justify an icon? We need to > > consider the limited screen estate on the tool bar, and only put there > > buttons for very popular commands. Undo certainly fits that bill, but > > undo-redo? not so sure. > > Undo and Redo are very common in most text editor such as GVim, > notepad++, etc. That's because they behave very differently from Emacs. In Emacs, redo is basically the same as undo. > undo-redo (like undo) is a very used command today I think it's unused for a good reason. > i think that adding it can add a plus forward a more friendly Emacs > (especially for newcomers or people that always uses mouse (like > me)). We already have it in the menu. > Also i don't think that adding only 1 extra button can bloat the > toolbar, on 800x600 there is not that much difference. I happen to disagree: the screen estate on the tool bar is at premium. But let's hear what others think.