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"(elisp) Menu Keymaps") - recommend easy-menu over creating menu by hand

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: 52880 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#52880: "(elisp) Menu Keymaps") - recommend easy-menu over creating menu by hand
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2021 22:33:09 +0100

Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se> writes:

> The node (info "(elisp) Menu Keymaps") should recommend easy-menu over
> creating a menu by hand.  Instead of "Easy Menu" being the last thing in
> that node, it should be the first.

Makes sense to me.

I'm also wondering whether we should come up with a new name for
`easy-menu-define' -- I think it's an unfortunate name that makes it
seem like a hacky "easy" way to define menus, instead of the primary
method, which it is.

But it might not be worth the bother.

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