Re: auto-compression-mode in menu bar

2005-08-10 Thread Luc Teirlinck
Kevin Rodgers wrote: So if a global option is off by default, there is a menu item to turn it on (and then off again, if desired). To the contrary, for the overwhelming majority of global options that are off by default, there is no menu item to turn it on. Otherwise the Options menu would

Re: auto-compression-mode in menu bar

2005-08-10 Thread Kevin Rodgers
Richard M. Stallman wrote: > Since auto-compression-mode is now on by default, isn't it right to > remove the menu item "Automatic File De/compression" from the menu bar? > > You could be right. Does anyone see a need for this to remain? So if a global option is off by default, there i

Re: auto-compression-mode in menu bar

2005-08-10 Thread Richard M. Stallman
Since auto-compression-mode is now on by default, isn't it right to remove the menu item "Automatic File De/compression" from the menu bar? You could be right. Does anyone see a need for this to remain? If no one objects in 5 days, please delete it.

auto-compression-mode in menu bar

2005-08-09 Thread Juri Linkov
Since auto-compression-mode is now on by default, isn't it right to remove the menu item "Automatic File De/compression" from the menu bar? The main purpose of this menu item was to make it easier to turn it on after starting Emacs. With on by default, there are not many reasons to turn it off (t