GNU bug report logs - #50067
Context menus

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>

Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2021 08:52:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Fixed in version 28.0.50

Done: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #285 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: 50067 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#50067: Context menus
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2021 21:41:52 +0300

> From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
> Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2021 18:30:23 +0300
> 
> Other programs don't show the keys in context menus.
> The Human Interface Guidelines say:
> 
>   Show keyboard shortcuts in menu bar menus, not contextual menus.
>   Contextual menus are already shortcuts to task-specific commands;
>   it's redundant to display keyboard shortcuts too.
> 
> This patch hides all keys from the context menus:

Unconditionally? why??  Emacs always shows the keyboard bindings in
its menus, so why should we care what other apps do?  And why force
this on everyone?
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