Menu-Structure

[David Nolden]

Am Mittwoch 17 Februar 2010 11:38:38 schrieb Andras Mantia:
> On Wednesday 17 February 2010, Andreas Pakulat wrote:
> > On 17.02.10 12:07:19, Andras Mantia wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 17 February 2010, David Nolden wrote:
> > > > Ok, I will argue about 1 point: The Editor-menu is a waste of
> > > > space? The  opposite is the case. All of the menus that it hides
> > > > are a waste of space, and using this editor-menu we can reduce
> > > > that waste to 1 item instead of 3 items.
> > >
> > > The real solution is to integarte the katepart's menus in their
> > > right place.
> > > Editor-Settings-Configure Editor to Settings-Configure Editor
> > > Editor-View - toplevel View (well, every IDE/editor has a View
> > > menu...) Editor-Bookmarks - either toplevel or in some other menu,
> > > like under View/Edit. Or maybe Navigation.
> > > Editor-Tools- top level menu
> >
> > No, thats the waste of space David talked about and it simply doesn't
> > fit with the new structure of the menu. Editor-related actions are
> > under a top-level menu called "Editor", the same way that
> > Project-related actions are under the toplevel menu item "Project".
> 
> No,t hey aren't. Half of them are under Editor, half under Edit. And I
> could argue that Navigation has also editor specific entries.

That's already a compromise: The "Edit" entry is kept on top-level so that the 
overall structure is still recognizable ("File Edit").

Also, alone the "Edit" name of the menu is enouigh of context to make its 
contents make sense.

But we don't need to show every random kate menu at top-level.

Greetings, David