GNU bug report logs - #52293
29.0.50; [PATCH] Prevent further cases of duplicated separators in context menus

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Message #80 received at 52293 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: "52293 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <52293 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>,
 "juri <at> linkov.net" <juri <at> linkov.net>
Subject: RE: bug#52293: [External] : bug#52293: 29.0.50; [PATCH v3] Prevent
 further cases of duplicated separators in context menus
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2021 02:41:57 +0000

> This is *only* for context menus. 

OK, thanks.  Very glad to hear that.
In that case, you can forget I said anything,
and sorry for the noise.

> In any case, I think I prefer the solution I proposed in my followup:
> instead of removing consecutive separators so things look right, we can
> *add* separators between different "sections" of the context menu.
> Sections can be marked by the `:section' keyword and a name for the
> section (note: this only applies to the context menu, not other menus).
> That should completely prevent any unwanted manipulation of menus, since
> the programmer needs to opt into this behavior explicitly.

Sounds better to me too, FWIW.

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