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Re: mutt/2019: menu_context itches (Re: your mail)



On Wednesday, 10 August 2005 at 13:28, Alain Bench wrote:
> Hello Brendan,
> 
>  On Tuesday, August 9, 2005 at 9:46:41 AM -0700, Brendan Cully wrote:
> 
> > I assumed $menu_sticky_bottom was a joke. It raised the eyebrow of
> > this english speaker anyway.
> 
>     Not at all, sticky_bottom and bottom_takeoff were serious.
> Sticky_bottom even had my preference. I've seen the word "sticky" in
> various UIs. Sticky window, sticky menu, sticky cursor... Snappy also.
> What's the problem with sticky_bottom in English?

Hmm, it just sounds to me like Spinal Tap named that variable. Perhaps
I should try to think less about Spinal Tap.

>  · $menu_bottom_takeoff = yes by default
>  · $menu_bottom_liftoff = yes
>  · $menu_snapped_bottom = no
>  · $menu_magnetic_bottom = no
>  · $menu_end_partial = yes
> 
> 
> > in place of $menu_move: $menu_fill_screen? or just $fill_menu? (with
> > the sense inverted, obviously). I actually prefer the latter. Or maybe
> > $menu_fill to make Rado happy.
> 
>     $menu_fill_screen is not so bad, but does not really convey the idea
> of menu bottom. The name could cover a completely different hypothetic
> feature.

What feature is that? It seems to me like it describes the effect
menu_move_off is trying to achieve.