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Bug 349925 - Preferences menu item should be under Edit
Preferences menu item should be under Edit
Status: VERIFIED FIXED
Product: meld
Classification: Other
Component: general
1.1.x
Other All
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Stephen Kennedy
Stephen Kennedy
: 517746 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2006-08-04 12:43 UTC by Joachim Noreiko
Modified: 2009-08-15 18:40 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.13/2.14


Description Joachim Noreiko 2006-08-04 12:43:16 UTC 
The HIG recommends that a Preferences menu item should be under the Edit menu.
IIRC, it specifically recommends against having a Settings menu containing only one item.
Comment 1 Stephen Kennedy 2006-08-31 21:25:41 UTC 
I've always meant to add quick access for common prefs such as tabsize, wrap etc.
Comment 2 Joachim Noreiko 2006-09-01 14:36:13 UTC 
I'm not sure it's explicitly stated in the HIG, but I gather the general principle for application preferences is that they shouldn't be things you have to frequently change.
Tab-size and wrap should perhaps go under the Edit menu, or a View menu?
Comment 3 Stephen Kennedy 2006-09-01 18:40:37 UTC 
Ok so we would delete the settings menu and have

Edit -> Preferences
View -> Tab Size (2,3,4,8)
View -> Word Wrap (toggle)
View -> Line Numbers (toggle)
View -> Highlight -> (like gedit)
Comment 4 Joachim Noreiko 2006-09-02 16:59:35 UTC 
In gedit, all of these options are in the preferences dialog. 
(You can switch between highlight languages, but that's only in case gedit gets it wrong AFAIK. The main on/off switch is in prefs.)
Are these really things a user will want to frequently change?
Comment 5 Toms Bauģis 2008-06-20 10:00:42 UTC 
*** Bug 517746 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 Toms Bauģis 2008-06-20 10:01:16 UTC 
Just a remark - this is fixed in Trunk.
Comment 7 Stephen Kennedy 2008-06-21 11:33:38 UTC 
Thanks for the reminder Toms.

This problem has been fixed in the development version. The fix will be available in the next major software release. Thank you for your bug report.