Re: Menus

[Tom Vogt <tom lemuria org>]

John Fairhurst <mjf35@hermes.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> > as much as I like configurability, why fix what ain't broken? or in other
> > words: where is the actual advantage of customizable menus? I fail to see
> > how the user gains, except for having something to play around with.
> 
>    Maybe `broken' is in the eye of the beholder, at least to a certain
> extent?  There's something quite appealing (at least to me) in the notion
> of assembling a `favourites' menu of commands I use often.  I guess full
> accelerator key support would alleviate this.

I totally agree that key accelerators should be configurable. I just don't
see any gain in configurable menus. of course it would be cool and all. the
question is just if it's worth it.


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