GNU bug report logs - #50067
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Message #114 received at 50067 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: alan <at> idiocy.org, mattiase <at> acm.org, homeros.misasa <at> gmail.com,
 tkk <at> misasa.okayama-u.ac.jp, larsi <at> gnus.org, 50067 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#50067: Context menus
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2021 20:59:47 +0300

> From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
> Cc: mattiase <at> acm.org,  50067 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  homeros.misasa <at> gmail.com,
>   tkk <at> misasa.okayama-u.ac.jp,  larsi <at> gnus.org,  alan <at> idiocy.org
> Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2021 19:36:58 +0300
> 
> > OK, but I still don't think I fully understand how context menus are
> > different.  Are we sure the user will immediately understand the
> > purpose of the context menus, but not of a buffer-menu?
> 
> Context menus displayed up by down-mouse-3 are ubiquitous nowadays,
> they are everywhere, and the users expect them without a title,
> unlike Emacs-specific menus unfamiliar to most users.

So if some menu is popped up by mouse-3, it is automatically
considered ubiquitous and expected?  I really doubt that, but I won't
argue any further.

> >> Using a text property would be a good solution.  Should then
> >> the NS-specific "Select" title be removed in menu.c
> >> when the title has a special text property?
> >
> > I'm not sure I understand what is the NS-specific "Select" title.  Can
> > you point me to the relevant code?
> 
> I meant such patch:

OK, but where in that patch is the NS-specific "Select" title that
should be removed?

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