GNU bug report logs - #12406
24.2.50; frame parameter `menu-bar-lines' and `menu-bar-mode'

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Message #38 received at 12406 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 'martin rudalics' <rudalics <at> gmx.at>, 12406 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12406: 24.2.50;
	frame parameter `menu-bar-lines' and `menu-bar-mode'
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 23:17:13 -0400

>> Because this way we'd have a consistent interface: The presence of a
>> frame parameter would signal "leave this frame alone".
> That's inconsistent with the convention that absence of a frame
> parameter is equivalent to its presence with a nil value.  It is
> similar to proposing that we give some  special signification to the
> absense of a key in an alist, as opposed to a key with value nil.

Agreed.  That means, all frames should have a `menu-bar-lines'
parameter, set to `default' in most of them.


        Stefan

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