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23.0.60; Menu items in Options menu

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Message #5 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: <emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org>
Subject: 23.0.60; Menu items in Options menu
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:35:26 -0800

It would be better to be more consistent in the kind of menu items
used.  Currently, some are noun phrases (e.g. Active Region
Highlighting) and others are verb phrases (e.g. Save Place in Files
Between Sesssions).  Generally, I'd suggest using verb phrases.
 
Suggestions:
 
Highlight Active Region
Highlight Matching Parenthesis
Ignore Case for Search
Use CUA Cut-Copy-Paste Keys
Blink Cursor
 
Also, perhaps:
 
Long Lines in Buffer
This one is not a problem of noun vs verb. This submenu is about how
to handle long lines, and truncating is not a kind of wrapping.
 
And this menu item could be a verb phrase, like the others in its
submenu:
 
Wrap Between Words
 

In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2008-11-08 on LENNART-69DE564
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4) --no-opt --cflags -Ic:/g/include
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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 1421 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, <emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#1421: 23.0.60; Menu items in Options menu
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:22:58 -0500

> It would be better to be more consistent in the kind of menu items
> used.  Currently, some are noun phrases (e.g. Active Region
> Highlighting) and others are verb phrases (e.g. Save Place in Files
> Between Sesssions).  Generally, I'd suggest using verb phrases.

Agreed.


        Stefan

Message #20 received at 1421 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 1421 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 23.0.60; Menu items in Options menu
Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 23:45:22 +0200

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> It would be better to be more consistent in the kind of menu items
> used.  Currently, some are noun phrases (e.g. Active Region
> Highlighting) and others are verb phrases (e.g. Save Place in Files
> Between Sesssions).  Generally, I'd suggest using verb phrases.
>
> Suggestions:
>
> Highlight Active Region
> Highlight Matching Parenthesis
> Ignore Case for Search
> Use CUA Cut-Copy-Paste Keys
> Blink Cursor

I've now made these changes, with some slight adjustments.

> Also, perhaps:
>
> Long Lines in Buffer
> This one is not a problem of noun vs verb. This submenu is about how
> to handle long lines, and truncating is not a kind of wrapping.

Not this one, though.  I think "truncating" is the correct Emacs
terminology, and "Long Lines in Buffer" is more confusing, in my
opinion.

> And this menu item could be a verb phrase, like the others in its
> submenu:
>
> Wrap Between Words

Fixed this, too.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
  bloggy blog http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/

Message #27 received at 1421 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 1421 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Subject: Re: bug#1421: 23.0.60; Menu items in Options menu
Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 18:42:19 -0400

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

>> And this menu item could be a verb phrase, like the others in its
>> submenu:
>>
>> Wrap Between Words
>
> Fixed this, too.

No, bad idea.  Word Wrap is common computer terminology---it even has
its own Wikipedia page.  I reverted this part of the change.

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