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Re: File > Close and File > Save
From: |
David Reitter |
Subject: |
Re: File > Close and File > Save |
Date: |
Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:50:31 +0000 |
On 24 Mar 2008, at 10:57, Jason Rumney wrote:
Drew Adams wrote:
It's about clarity, not obsessive or even consistent consistency.
Revert Buffer
is clearer than Revert. Save Buffer is clearer than Save. Exit
Emacs is clearer
than Exit. Kill Buffer (or even Close Buffer) is clearer than Close.
For new users, it is clearer to use terms that they are familiar
with in the menus, even if we think that the familiar term is
oversimplifying things. We made this decision several versions ago,
and going back to terms that only experienced emacs users understand
would be a step backwards.
So it ought to be "close buffer" rather than "kill".
But all other things equal, why is the menu called "File" and not
"Buffer"?
FWIW, in Aquamacs we have
File:
- New Buffer
- New Buffer -> [sub-menu with common and recently used major modes]
- Open File...
- Open Recent -> [recentf menu]
- Open Directory...
- Insert File...
- Change Buffer Mode -> [sub-menu with common and recently used
major modes]
---
Close Buffer
Save Buffer
Save Buffer As...
Export Buffer -> [HTML and PDF export options]
Revert Buffer
Recover Crashed Session
---
Show in Finder (this is a Mac specific option, which could be
implemented elsewhere as well)
---
Color Printing (checkmark)
Preview and Print Buffer...
Quick Print Buffer (that's the normal Postscript printing method)
- D