RE: Simple Tasks, new TODO category

["Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>]

> > A non-printable seems very obscure, though. I'd think using a (seldom)
> > printable (with a way to escape it, of course) might be more friendly.
> > Why not use underscore, as GTK does (and translate appropriately to the
> > target platform)?
>
> XEmacs uses %_, which is even less likely to be used in a menu item 
> name, and has the benefit of not appearing in any key binding so we 
> wouldn't have to do any escaping of key bindings that are automatically 
> added to the menu.

Sorry to chime in once more, but I again get the impression that you are speaking about giving a special interpretation to a displayable character that might appear in a menu item, and that you are trying to find a character or string that is "less likely to be used in a menu item name".

If so, that's a mistake. Please don't make any assumptions about which (displayable) characters might be used in a menu item. Such assumptions are naive or misguided. Find some other mechanism; don't rely on people not including some particular character (or string) in item names.

And again, if I'm misunderstanding, please ignore.