From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: kai.grossjohann@gmx.net (=?iso-8859-1?q?Kai_Gro=DFjohann?=) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: lRe: MS Windows "Alt-Menu" support Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 22:22:52 +0200 Organization: University of Duisburg, Germany Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <84k79l2rfn.fsf@slowfox.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> References: <84vft8t1nd.fsf@slowfox.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> <8cWYa.151156$XV.8022781@twister.austin.rr.com> <84bruz87zj.fsf@slowfox.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1060547544 981 80.91.224.253 (10 Aug 2003 20:32:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 20:32:24 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Aug 10 22:32:23 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19lwrX-0002jT-00 for ; Sun, 10 Aug 2003 22:32:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19lwqK-00032T-ND for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 10 Aug 2003 16:31:08 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!pd9e1e095.dip.t-dialin.NET!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 19 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: pd9e1e095.dip.t-dialin.net (217.225.224.149) Original-X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1060546973 32502737 217.225.224.149 (16 [73968]) Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:SOEI0A/PWGzuA2y+q8xg8tANW0o= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:115786 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:11706 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:11706 "Herb Martin" writes: >> While the new Alt behavior would be good for Windows users, I wonder >> what users of other OSes do? I think it's also becoming common with >> modern X11 applications that Alt-X invokes the menu bar entry X. But >> I think for X11 apps, it's hold-down-Alt-while-pressing-X instead of >> the Windows way. > > I think the suggestion -- and I agreed -- was to make it configurable. Well, that allows non-Windows users to turn the feature off. But that means they're not better off than now, where the feature is also off (because it doesn't exist). My question was how to make life better for non-Windows users? I realize it's a toughie, so it's more a theoretical thing... -- Two cafe au lait please, but without milk.