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Light edits to the Emacs Manual (screen.texi)

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: "50926 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <50926 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#50926: [External] : bug#50926: Light edits to the Emacs Manual (screen.texi)
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2021 17:13:46 +0000

> > -command from the menu bar.  An arrow on the right edge of a menu
> item
> > -means it leads to a subsidiary menu, or @dfn{submenu}.  A @samp{...}
> > +command from the menu bar or a @dfn{submenu}.  A @samp{...}
> >
> > That's wrong, IMO.  The menu-bar has menus, which can
> > have submenus.  The menu-bar doesn't have submenus.
> 
> So the original text is wrong as well?

IMO, yes.

> > But what is meant by "the first menu bar item"?
> > The menu bar doesn't have items.  It has menus.
> > And what's meant by "first" here?  Must have
> > something to do with invoking (first command
> > invoked?), but it's not clear to me what this
> > is trying to say.
> 
> This is a pre-existing confusion, right?

If you mean that the existing text already presents
such confusion, then yes, IMO.

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