Re: Does anyone use menus?

I almost never use the menus.  However, I have been using XEmacs for 8
or 9 years at least.  A LOT of the people I switch to XEmacs rely
heavily on the menus.  The learning curve is very steep for new users.

Getting rid of the menus is, strictly IMO, a phenomenally bad idea
unless you only want power users, old crufty suspender wearing bald
headed unix geeks with beards (ok, minus the suspenders that sort of
describes me) and people with hyper and super pedals for their
keyboard to use your stuff.

-- Gary F.

On 6/20/05, Dmitriy <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello,
> what do you think of menus importance for emacs/xemacs? How often do the
> people use menus, or commands are enough to make one happy? Would anyone
> complain if there were no menus at all?
> 
> I am developing an IDE supporting a number of external plug-in editors
> including emacs. I am about to use no menus for emacs plug-in, because
> of interference with IDE's own menu system. So I wonder if it would make
> any problems for emacs users.
> 
> I would appreciate any opinions/considerations on the subject
> Thanks,
> Dmitriy
> 
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