Re: eudc Directory Search duplicate menu problems

[John Paul Wallington <jpw@shootybangbang.com>]

>     I thought perhaps `easy-menu-intern' could be changed to replace the
>     spaces in its string argument with hypens before interning; that
>     avoided the duplicate Directory Search menu but created problems
>     for recentf.
> 
> What exactly were the problems it created?  Was it for file names
> with spaces in them?  What were the symptoms of the problem?
> Perhaps we should change recentf not to use easymenu.

I tried changing `easy-menu-intern' to always replace spaces with
hypens.  This clobbered the recentf menu completely; it wasn't there.

> Does this change work right in general?  I am not sure.
> 
> *** easymenu.el.~1.54.~	Fri Sep  6 12:12:19 2002
> --- easymenu.el	Wed Sep 18 10:29:11 2002

I don't know whether that change is correct in general, but it
doesn't appear to address the duplicate Tools > Directory Search menus.

-- 
John Paul Wallington