On Sat, Oct 06, 2007 at 11:52:37PM +0200, Tommaso Cucinotta wrote: > Paul A. Rubin ha scritto: > > The way I enter an optional argument (when one is allowed) is to open the > > minibuffer (M-x or View -> Toolbars -> Command buffer) and type the command > > 'optional-insert'. > Great ! Exactly what I was needing. Probably my fault for not having > read throughly the user manual. Anyhow, a Insert->Optional argument, > or Insert->Layout option menu voice would help users in finding this > wonderful feature, wouldn't it ? > > What about considering the attached addition to the menu file ? > > T.
Actually the is an entry like this: "Short title". It has been criticised for being descriptive only of one use case (short versions of titles going to the toc), so perhaps you could come up with a more descriptive name (that nevertheless doesn't lead the naive user astray) - Martin > Index: lib/ui/stdmenus.inc > =================================================================== > --- lib/ui/stdmenus.inc (revisione 20587) > +++ lib/ui/stdmenus.inc (copia locale) > @@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ > Item "TeX Code|X" "ert-insert" > Item "Program Listing[[Menu]]" "listing-insert" > Item "Date" "date-insert" > + Item "Optional argument" "optional-insert" > End > > Menu "insert_special"
