Re: Toolbar and info mode (and others)

[Reiner Steib]

On Sun, Mar 25 2007, Greg Bognar wrote:

> Many major modes add their own menus to the menubar.  Just as it would
> not be a good idea for them to wipe out the whole menubar, it is not a
> good idea for major modes to wipe out the toolbar.  After all, the
> user might want to use some other menu items.  Similarly, the user may
> want to use some other toolbar buttons.  So, for example, just because
> I read an Info file, I do not want other toolbar buttons to be
> unavailable.  If a major mode wants to modify the toolbar, it should
> *add* to it, without wiping the existing buttons out.

1. There's not enough space (at least if the frame is 80 columns wide)
   to add buttons without removing others.  At least with my settings,
   there no room for any additional button on the standard tool bar.

2. The tool bar should only contain buttons for the most important
   commands.  If too many buttons are present, it might be less
   helpful / confusing.

3. Which buttons from the standard tool bar would be very useful in
   the info mode tool bar (or other major modes) as well?  Please give
   concrete examples rather than general statements like "other
   toolbar buttons".  At least <save-buffer>, <write-file>, <undo>,
   <cut>, <paste> are neither important nor useful (IMHO) in info
   mode.

Bye, Reiner.
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