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bug#64871: 30.0.50; [FR] Add command and menu item to open user init fil
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Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#64871: 30.0.50; [FR] Add command and menu item to open user init file |
Date: |
Thu, 27 Jul 2023 11:54:33 +0300 |
> From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
> Cc: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>, 64871@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2023 08:32:27 +0000
>
> My instincts from other GUI apps tell me that common places where
> customization staff is located is Options->Preferences,
> Edit->Preferences, or Tools->Preferences.
>
> Options->Customize sounds like something new users would be able to
> find.
"Preferences" would be a silly name in Emacs, because every
customization in Emacs is about "preferences".
> > To be fair, the tool bar still has some free space on it. But I
> > actually wonder about something else: what other applications have a
> > tool-bar button to access the init file, or even just the
> > customization menu?
>
> "Preferences" gear icon is something I have seen on toolbars.
That's a separate issue and a separate request, though.
> And for init file, it is not a common concept.
Exactly my point. The easy-on-newbies interface for customization is
not to present them with (a largely empty) init file, far from that.
> Another idea could be adding a button that will open init file right
> into customize interface (near "Apply").
Why?
> Side note: I now tried to look into Emacs "preferences" via menu and it
> feels a bit awkward. Options->Customize Emacs-> has "Top-level
> customization group" and "Browse customization groups" do not sound very
> different and I would never guess (even knowing Emacs) that "browse"
> implies short overview of all options.
Did you read the help-echo strings they display?
- bug#64871: 30.0.50; [FR] Add command and menu item to open user init file, Ihor Radchenko, 2023/07/26
- bug#64871: 30.0.50; [FR] Add command and menu item to open user init file, Ihor Radchenko, 2023/07/27
- bug#64871: 30.0.50; [FR] Add command and menu item to open user init file,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- bug#64871: 30.0.50; [FR] Add command and menu item to open user init file, Ihor Radchenko, 2023/07/27
- bug#64871: 30.0.50; [FR] Add command and menu item to open user init file, Eli Zaretskii, 2023/07/27
- bug#64871: 30.0.50; [FR] Add command and menu item to open user init file, Ihor Radchenko, 2023/07/28
- bug#64871: 30.0.50; [FR] Add command and menu item to open user init file, Eli Zaretskii, 2023/07/28
- bug#64871: 30.0.50; [FR] Add command and menu item to open user init file, Ihor Radchenko, 2023/07/28
- bug#64871: 30.0.50; [FR] Add command and menu item to open user init file, Eli Zaretskii, 2023/07/28
- bug#64871: 30.0.50; [FR] Add command and menu item to open user init file, Ihor Radchenko, 2023/07/28
- bug#64871: 30.0.50; [FR] Add command and menu item to open user init file, Drew Adams, 2023/07/28