bug#64398: Buffer list

[Stefan Kangas]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> It's tempting to just bump this to some similarly conservative value
>> like 15 or 12 on graphical displays, and be done with it.
>
> We could do that, but then 15 is the maximum value we could use, since
> it makes the menu take 24 lines, which is the largest value possible
> with 24-line TTY frames.

How about something like the below?

diff --git a/lisp/menu-bar.el b/lisp/menu-bar.el
index 5e837485db3..14d8d664d58 100644
--- a/lisp/menu-bar.el
+++ b/lisp/menu-bar.el
@@ -2314,14 +2314,16 @@ menu-bar-select-yank
 
 ;;; Buffers Menu

-(defcustom buffers-menu-max-size 10
+(defcustom buffers-menu-max-size (if (display-graphic-p) 15 10)
   "Maximum number of entries which may appear on the Buffers menu.
-If this is 10, then only the ten most-recently-selected buffers are shown.
-If this is nil, then all buffers are shown.
-A large number or nil slows down menu responsiveness."
-  :type '(choice integer
-                (const :tag "All" nil))
-  :group 'menu)
+If this is a number, only that many most-recently-selected
+buffers are shown.
+If this is nil, all buffers are shown."
+  :type '(choice natnump
+                 (const :tag "All" nil))
+  :group 'menu
+  :version "30.1")

 (defcustom buffers-menu-buffer-name-length 30
   "Maximum length of the buffer name on the Buffers menu.