Re: A new filter-based customization interface

[Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>]

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  > Most softwares have a fixed menu to the left, that is always there, to
  > which you can always refer.  And also sometimes tabs to the right (for
  > each entry in the left menu), for which also you can always refer.

I don't think I use any program which looks like that.

With Emacs, having _anything_ on the left side or the right side _all
the time_ would be painful, since it would narrow the window available
to display the text you are editing.

However, is this point solely about the customization interface?  In
the customize interface it might be ok to have a column of something
always present on the left side.

I can't understand the semantics of the "tabs" part.
If you _explain_ one concrete hypothetical example,
that might make it clear.

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