In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Mon, 30 Jan 2006 15:54:43 +0100 (CET), "J.O. 
Aho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:

trizt> On Mon, 30 Jan 2006, Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker via RT wrote:
trizt> 
trizt> > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Mon, 30 Jan 2006 09:55:56 +0100, 
Michael Widerkrantz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
trizt> >
trizt> > mc> Many window managers don't fold menus that extend below
trizt> > mc> the screen. Instead, they simply display the menu
trizt> > mc> slightly higher, so that the menu window can fit on the
trizt> > mc> visible screen.
trizt> >
trizt> > I'm talking about menus that are so long that they don't fit
trizt> > on the screen.  For example, on my laptop, the
trizt> > Debian->Apps->Tools menu is very large and doesn't fit on my
trizt> > screen.
trizt> 
trizt> Why make the meny that big in the first place?
trizt> I like to have submenus so that I don't have any big ones.

They are automatically generated by the Debian installer and accessed
via this line in my configuration (which needs m4 to work, of course):

  undivert(`/etc/X11/ctwm/menudefs.hook')

Cheers,
Richard

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