Re: File > Close and File > Save

[David Reitter <david.reitter@gmail.com>]

On 24 Mar 2008, at 10:57, Jason Rumney wrote:

> Drew Adams wrote:
>
>> It's about clarity, not obsessive or even consistent consistency.  
>> Revert Buffer
>> is clearer than Revert. Save Buffer is clearer than Save. Exit  
>> Emacs is clearer
>> than Exit. Kill Buffer (or even Close Buffer) is clearer than Close.
>>
>
> For new users, it is clearer to use terms that they are familiar  
> with in the menus, even if we think that the familiar term is  
> oversimplifying things. We made this decision several versions ago,  
> and going back to terms that only experienced emacs users understand  
> would be a step backwards.

So it ought to be "close buffer" rather than "kill".

But all other things equal, why is the menu called "File" and not  
"Buffer"?

FWIW, in Aquamacs we have

File:
- New Buffer
- New Buffer ->  [sub-menu with common and recently used major modes]
- Open File...
- Open Recent -> [recentf menu]
- Open Directory...
- Insert File...
- Change Buffer Mode  ->  [sub-menu with common and recently used  
major modes]
---
Close Buffer
Save Buffer
Save Buffer As...
Export Buffer -> [HTML and PDF export options]
Revert Buffer
Recover Crashed Session
---
Show in Finder  (this is a Mac specific option, which could be  
implemented elsewhere as well)
---
Color Printing (checkmark)
Preview and Print Buffer...
Quick Print Buffer (that's the normal Postscript printing method)


- D