GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 130550
[UI-REVIEW] Remove the `Search -> Character in Clipboard' menu item
Last modified: 2004-12-22 21:47:04 UTC
I think that the `Search -> Character in Clipboard' menu item is both confusing and not really useful and should therefore be removed. If people want to search for a character in the clipboard, they can just search it using the normal find dialog I think. It's true that, once you got the idea, using a separate menu entry to search a character on the clipboard is slightly more convenient. However, I don't think searching characters on the clipboard is really that common--after all, if you have the character already on the clipboard you wouldn't need to search it if you wanted to paste it into a document (the main use of gucharmap I think). Therefore the increased usability of the menu is well worth the removal of this item in my opinion.
I think it's worth poiting out that I consider the current behavior of the search dialog--to search for a character itself if only a single character is inserted and to otherwise search character names--to be quite nice and therefore a good replacement for the menu entry! :)
I've never been too happy with this menu item either. In cvs I moved it to the gnome menu and changed the accelerator key to Insert (with no modifiers). Please take a look. If you still don't like it I will be happy to remove it.
Gone in cvs now.