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RE: [External] : Re: finding stuff
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Drew Adams |
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RE: [External] : Re: finding stuff |
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Wed, 27 Jan 2021 18:43:18 +0000 |
> > Anecdotally based on comments in Emacs mailing lists, the proportion
> of Emacs users who turn off the menu-bar seems quite large.
>
> Or maybe the people that do so are just very vociferous about it?
Maybe so. But I've followed not only the mailing lists but also various
Emacs-help websites (e.g. EmacsWiki, emacs.StackExchange, Reddit), and that's
my impression from 35 years of that. (Well, maybe 30, since menus weren't
there at the beginning, IIRC; and maybe 20 or less for the websites).
> I have kept the menu bar. Ever since I learned that C-h k followed by
> selecting a menu item reveals the menu item's underpinnings, the menus
> became a learning tool and not a WYSIAYG thing.
Definitely.
That, BTW, is also something I wish we had a good/better way of making better
known. It's not necessarily obvious to users that they can use `C-h k' with
mouse actions, including use of menus.