Re: [PATCH] Improve default mouse menu for mode from modeline

[pierre.techoueyres@free.fr (Pierre Téchoueyres)]

Hello,
My proposal doesn't seem to have received any interest.
Should I submit a bug (as an enhancement request) report for this
instead ?

pierre.techoueyres@free.fr (Pierre Téchoueyres) writes:

> Hello emacs's developpers,
>
> I would submit an enhacement for when you use the mouse to display the
> menu for a mode (major or minor) from the modeline.
>
>
> For now, if the mode doesn't define a custom mouse menu, the menu title
> simply display the mode indicator. But sometimes this indicator isn't
> really obvious.
>
> The attached patch try to improve this by appending the full mode name
> after the indicator.
>
> For example the Smartparens minor mode has 'SP' as indicator. So his
> menu is look like:
> ---------------------
> | SP
> ---------------------
> | Turn off minor mode
> | Help for minor mode
> ----------------------
>
> Whit the attached patch the menu will look like:
>
> ------------------------
> | SP - Smartparens Mode
> ------------------------
> | Turn off minor mode
> | Help for minor mode
> ------------------------
>
> Hope this could help.
>
> Pierre.