>>>>> "Carl" == Carl R Witty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Carl> Laurent Martelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I think it'd be better to fix window managers so that they can >> cope with long menus, à la WindowMaker for instance. A decent >> window manager should be able to do this. Carl> Yes, window managers should cope with long menus. However, a) Carl> some of them won't (I believe Debian ships several window Carl> managers with essentially no upstream development); and Don't we have the sources ? Carl> b) very long menus are annoying from a UI standpoint. So I Carl> think keeping the menu length down is still a worthwhile goal. This is true. However, big menu depths are also annoying for a UI standpoint. And I don't know which one is worth. Anyway, I think that menus are annoying when you have a bug number of items, and choosing the item by typing it's name with completion can be a good alternative. So let's implement M-x for WindowMaker :-) Mmm, it looks like a good old shell ... Laurent
