Re: RGSG
- From: Chris Jantzen <chris maybe net>
- To: sun <as387 yfn ysu edu>
- Cc: gnome-gui-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: RGSG
- Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 11:34:14 -0700 (PDT)
sun writes:
> it would be a simple matter to make this interface available from within
> _all_ gnome applications, too: make a user-configurable setting to make
> the menubar disappear, but reappear as a menu itself (i call it the
> "root menu") when mouse button 3 is depressed in a window.
>
> for a better example, try right-clicking a picture in electriceyes: i
> call this a better example because the "quit" command (as well as other
> necessary "tmcfkap" [the menu choice formerly known as prog] commands)
> are right in the root menu, instead of in a submenu.
I have always thought this an excellent idea, especially applicable to
"lightweight" applications such as EE. I find that for some
applications, having a menubar makes the interface too cluttered.
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