Re: The Help Menu

[Bowie Poag <bjp primenet com>]

Tom Vogt wrote,

> >> I have opted for the name "Prog" in the current version of MY styleguide
> >

I wrote..

> >Bad idea, Tom.
> >
> >Here's why: It opens the door to a nasty little thing called visual
> >inconsistancy. If youre going to shorten "Program" to "Prog", are you
> >going to shorten "Options" to "Opns" ? Both are seven characters long.. If
> >you truncate one, you have to truncate the other to remain consistant with
> >the first. Or, just leave well enough alone.

Aaaand, Dan writes:

> 
> 
> I agree.  An abbreviation here is pretty damn bad--prog?  What the heck is a
> prog?  :-)  This stuff about visual consistency, fine, yeah, true, but, uhm,
> what the heck is a prog?
> 
> I haven't yet heard a *really* good reason to trash File.
> 
> 

Probably because none exists. :) I see no reason to scrap "File" as an
appropriate menu item--why would you want to?

Bowie