RE: Options menu

[Drew Adams]

    OPTIONS
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1      Customize Emacs                   >
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2      Language Environment (Mule)       >
3      Set Font/fontset
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4      Show/Hide                         >
5   [] Blinking Cursor
6   [] Highlighting
7   [] Active Region Highlighting
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8   [] Truncate Syntax Highlighting
9   [] Paren Match Long Lines in this Buffer
10  [] Word Wrap in Text Modes
11  [] Case-insensitive Search
12  [] C-x/C-c/C-v cut-and-paste (CUA)
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13  [] Use Directory Names in Buffer Names
14  [] Save Places in Files between Sessions
15  [] Automatic File De/compression
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16  [] Enter Debugger on Error
17  [] Enter Debugger on Quit/C-g
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18     Save Options
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1. I agree generally with David's siggestions.

 

2. Below is one possible reordering, with some name changes (shorter). Submenus use nouns; menu items use verbs. Some items could be removed, as Kim & David suggested. Debug stuff could be combined in a submenu instead of a main-menu pane.

 

3. Note the ellipsis (...) for Font: This opens a dialog box (at least on Windows).

 

 

[] Remember Last Place in Files 14

[] Search Case-Sensitively      11

[] C-x/c/v to Cut, Copy, Paste  12

[] Auto (De)compress Files      15

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[] Enter Debugger on Error      16

[] Enter Debugger on Quit (C-g) 17

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Font...                          3

Appearance                  >    4

    (+ current Show/Hide menu)

 

    [] Highlight                 6

    [] Highlight Region          7

    [] Highlight Matching Parens 9

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    [] Blink Cursor              5

    [] Truncate Long Lines       8

    [] Word-Wrap in Text Modes  10

    [] Add Path to Buffer Name  13

 

Language Environment (Mule) >    2

More Options (Customize)    >    1

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Save Options                    18