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Subject: Re: No "Edit" menu-item in "Gnus"
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> From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
> Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 00:22:15 +0200
> Cc: Gnus <ding@gnus.org>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> 
> Menus are for frequently used commands.  If in a particular situation
> the entries of a menu are of rare use, and others are more important,
> omitting the rarely used menu might make sense.

That's true, but I don't think "Edit" items are so rarely used in this
case.

> The menu bar should fit on an 80-column text tty.  That is a hard
> limit that can't be come by by changing font sizes or resizing
> windows.

I think rearranging the Gnus-specific menu bar items so that there are
fewer top-level items can solve the problem without exceeding this
limit.