From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Menu commands to M-x history? Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:51:19 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87skgqu2ce.fsf@olgas.newt.com> <7432.1248236149@olgas.newt.com> <7dbe73ed0907221134o1a1fe024k353b1a9a61482041@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1248688366 14916 80.91.229.12 (27 Jul 2009 09:52:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:52:46 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, Mathias Dahl To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 27 11:52:39 2009 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 4.50) id 1MVMrn-0005Bj-0y for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:51:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47450 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MVMrm-0006kQ-Gt for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:51:34 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MVMrf-0006jN-LV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:51:27 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MVMra-0006i5-O6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:51:26 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=37932 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MVMra-0006i2-Fc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:51:22 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-yw0-f178.google.com ([209.85.211.178]:58465) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MVMrY-0008Sw-Bm; Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:51:20 -0400 Original-Received: by ywh8 with SMTP id 8so259858ywh.14 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 2009 02:51:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=u071t9YgdVh5lOQAUqsTjre1zn6r+tCdUT/Hqas1WnA=; b=mRiAMBboh1+jJVMk58++LX3r4s7NsfBcsJ7j3mo5zR59gsHYBKGS8i/b4QJPLVVvTI isHHfVlveJblTpc/OyyjjhypPCU78yqefNWLsIglSX/GWt0L9ZtMWXPdzD/+vvlfieBg jH+b2YSepTCEhDp9CpcyWoN0TExReHFjYwPYU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=QTsxN2aZwVHSiQfg8z8nLkFm9IUqaXUyVxrLvE7vYj+Ww/6GYo1RH+vfFx0sOekcFZ cnBoRuqO/rNLY7idt+TvYhfhu1WtotFTs8qjiL5Oaa1pizUNpVmI/TOIGLc32FcHxCMy Qm31jbg7ObPJtvnEb+xXL+Sp4vcmwjLiO+8Lg= Original-Received: by 10.100.164.12 with SMTP id m12mr7969666ane.131.1248688279777; Mon, 27 Jul 2009 02:51:19 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:113209 Archived-At: On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 3:47 AM, Drew Adams wrote: >> > Perhaps a better way of learning what command is on a button or menu >> > item is to use help such as `M-x help RET k RET'. >> >> I think that is enough too. > > I agree: `C-h k' or a tooltip is sufficient to show the command associated with > a menu item or button. > > However, it can also be convenient to be able to complete against commands that > were previously executed using a menu. You might want to do this some of the > time (but probably not by default). > > > FWIW, this feature is available in Icicles in the following way: So you think it is enough to not have the menu commands available in Emacs M-x history variable, but that it is good to have it available (in a different way) in your Icicles library?