From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Customize UI Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:05:06 +0900 Message-ID: <87fx42o0n1.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <87zl2g24xy.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87zl2a3b8x.fsf_-_@mail.jurta.org> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1268615173 23911 80.91.229.12 (15 Mar 2010 01:06:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:06:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Chong Yidong , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Juri Linkov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 15 02:06:05 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 1NqykI-0002t3-AS for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:05:40 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56457 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NqykH-0004Va-Im for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:05:25 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NqykC-0004U0-Nr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:05:20 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=34119 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Nqyk6-0004P1-Qo for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:05:20 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nqyk0-0005QY-Fl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:05:14 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp12.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.74]:57456) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nqyk0-0005QL-6m; Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:05:08 -0400 Original-Received: from 218.231.253.174.eo.eaccess.ne.jp ([218.231.253.174] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp12.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1Nqyjy-00082Z-Ru; Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:05:06 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 14DAF2BD4A; Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:05:06 +0900 (JST) System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: <87zl2a3b8x.fsf_-_@mail.jurta.org> (Juri Linkov's message of "Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:34:35 +0200") Original-Lines: 22 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV GOL (outbound) X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com 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:121982 Archived-At: Juri Linkov writes: > ** Move sub-group links to the top of the Customize buffer. > This will make the group tree navigation much easier. > Most file browsers do the same: they put links to subdirectories > before links to files (in Customize, options are analogous to files, > and groups - to directories). This is only reasonable if the list of sub-groups is sufficiently small that they don't push the actual options off the screen. I don't know the degree to which this is possible in typical customize groups. [Note this is a problem with mac/windows-style file dialogs too -- it can be very annoying when you want to open a file in a directory with only a few files, but lots of subdirectories, and the files are pushed way to the bottom....] -Miles -- Laughter, n. An interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features and accompanied by inarticulate noises. It is infectious and, though intermittent, incurable.