From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: kgold@watson.ibm.com (kgold) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Does anyone use menus? Date: 24 Jun 2005 13:49:36 GMT Organization: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Message-ID: <42bc0f70_1@news1.prserv.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1119620150 18794 80.91.229.2 (24 Jun 2005 13:35:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 13:35:50 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 24 15:35:48 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DloKP-0004IC-SK for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 15:34:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DloRQ-0004qV-9A for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 09:41:56 -0400 X-Newsreader: xrn 9.02 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: yktgi01e0-s5.watson.ibm.com Original-X-Trace: 24 Jun 2005 13:49:36 GMT, yktgi01e0-s5.watson.ibm.com Original-Lines: 23 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@prserv.net Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newscon02.news.prodigy.com!newscon06.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.net!newsfeed.us.prserv.net!prserv.net!news1.prserv.net!alpha.watson.ibm.com!kgold Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:132157 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:27632 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:27632 Alan Mackenzie writes: > Dmitriy wrote on Mon, 20 Jun 2005 14:57:32 +0400: > > How often do the people use menus, or commands are enough to make one > > happy? > > I think People either use menus continually, or not at all. I doubt > there're many who use them occasionally. I'm the third option. And this comment goes for all software not just emacs: I use key bindings for tasks I do often, and I dislike software that forces me to use the mouse and menus. I use menus for rarely used commands. I also "surf" menus for unfamiliar software to see what interesting functions might be available. I appreciate menus that include the equivalent key binding, as a learning tool. -- Ken Goldman kgold@watson.ibm.com 914-784-7646