From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: No "Edit" menu-item in "Gnus" Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 06:24:11 +0300 Message-ID: References: <858xlp8wrs.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1155698679 18496 80.91.229.2 (16 Aug 2006 03:24:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 03:24:39 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ding@gnus.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 16 05:24:36 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GDC1B-0002kg-Ob for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 05:24:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GDC1B-0001pV-3w for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 23:24:33 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GDC0w-0001mj-L3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 23:24:18 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GDC0t-0001e7-0c for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 23:24:18 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GDC0s-0001dt-T7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 23:24:14 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.66] (helo=romy.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GDC70-0006vh-MD; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 23:30:34 -0400 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-80-230-142-129.inter.net.il [80.230.142.129]) by romy.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3-GA) with ESMTP id FNB17565 (AUTH halo1); Wed, 16 Aug 2006 06:24:09 +0300 (IDT) Original-To: David Kastrup In-reply-to: <858xlp8wrs.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (message from David Kastrup on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 00:22:15 +0200) 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:58427 gmane.emacs.gnus.general:63561 Archived-At: > From: David Kastrup > Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 00:22:15 +0200 > Cc: Gnus , emacs-devel@gnu.org > > Menus are for frequently used commands. If in a particular situation > the entries of a menu are of rare use, and others are more important, > omitting the rarely used menu might make sense. That's true, but I don't think "Edit" items are so rarely used in this case. > The menu bar should fit on an 80-column text tty. That is a hard > limit that can't be come by by changing font sizes or resizing > windows. I think rearranging the Gnus-specific menu bar items so that there are fewer top-level items can solve the problem without exceeding this limit.