GNU bug report logs - #24774
26.0.50; Menu display navigation commands

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de>,
 24774 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24774: 26.0.50; Menu display navigation commands
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2020 07:34:55 -0800

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

>> Stuff like beginning-of-defun, up-list, forward-sexp
>
> Oh, sexp-based navigation commands.  Yes, I think that's a good idea --
> it'll make them more discoverable for new users.  I think both an
> "Editing" sub-menu (`kill-sexp' etc) as well as a "Navigation" menu
> would be nice.
>
> Eep!
>
>     (bindings--define-key menu-map [separator-format] menu-bar-separator)
>     (bindings--define-key menu-map [comment-region]
>       '(menu-item "Comment Out Region" comment-region
> 		  :help "Comment or uncomment each line in the region"
> 		  :enable mark-active))
>     (bindings--define-key menu-map [indent-region]
>       '(menu-item "Indent Region" indent-region
> 		  :help "Indent each nonblank line in the region"
> 		  :enable mark-active))
>
> (ad nauseam).  elisp-mode.el doesn't use easy-menu, so every creating
> menus there is so. much. typing.  And the file is dumped with Emacs, so
> I'm guessing requiring easy-menu and doing a rewrite wouldn't be
> welcome?
>
> So while I agree that these sub-menus should be added, I think I'll
> leave that to somebody else...

Is preloading easy-menu.el excluded?

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