From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Key bindings proposal Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:45:59 +0100 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <87occtxfio.fsf@mail.jurta.org> References: <19534.1494.627000.357123@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <19537.40472.267000.563053@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <87tymlv41y.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <8D701A9E7D444011925CB68BF0883D2B@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1282597373 30008 80.91.229.12 (23 Aug 2010 21:02:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:02:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 'Uday S Reddy' , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 23 23:02:51 2010 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OneAM-0004WD-On for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:02:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57131 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OneAM-0000qf-Ca for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:02:50 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=58837 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1One7S-0007eP-9h for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:59:51 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1One7R-0001xN-73 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:59:50 -0400 Original-Received: from smarty.dreamhost.com ([208.113.175.8]:35592) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1One7R-0001xJ-0k for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:59:49 -0400 Original-Received: from ps18281.dreamhostps.com (ps18281.dreamhost.com [69.163.218.105]) by smarty.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 789496E805C; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:59:48 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from localhost (ps18281.dreamhostps.com [69.163.218.105]) by ps18281.dreamhostps.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DD28451C0C3; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:59:47 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <8D701A9E7D444011925CB68BF0883D2B@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:39:50 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:129097 Archived-At: >> So if we had a separate top-level menu "_S_earch" > > I've long argued for such a top-level menu. I've used a `Search' > menubar menu for decades. There is lots of stuff on other menus that > really belongs on `Search', and it's helpful for it to be top level. > If people are worried about menu space, then move something like > `Options' back under `Help' or `File' (it was originally under `Help'). In most programs `Options' (or `Preferences') is just one menu item under `Edit' or `Tools'.