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From: ngo@flash.harvard.EDU (Thomas Ngo)
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Subject: Re: Apple Menu Items
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Date: 27 May 91 15:42:46 GMT
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In article <34901@mimsy.umd.edu>, folta@tove.cs.umd.edu (Wayne Folta) writes:

folta> If you get hierarchial menus by placing folders in the Apple Menu
folta> folder, you are suddenly treating folders inconsistently. (That is,
folta> everything else you could possibly place in the Apple menu is opened
folta> by selecting it... except for folders.)

In article <1991May26.213617.24923@neon.Stanford.EDU>, philip@pescadero.Stanford.EDU (Philip Machanick) replies:

philip> My solution is simple: any folder whose name ends with "Menu Items"
philip> within the folder "Apple Menu Items" is treated as a hierarchical menu

Here's a simpler solution that is not dependent on folder names.
Remember that one is not obliged to descend a hierarchical menu--one
can select the parent menu item!  So, my solution would be:

(1) Each folder in the Apple Menu Items folder is associated with a
    hierarhical menu.
(2) If the user selects the folder itself, that folder is opened.
(3) If the user descends the hierarchy, he/she can open something
    inside the folder without causing the folder's window to be displayed.

This solution is completely recursive and I think it satisfies
everyone... including me :-)

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