Bad Idea To Disable an 'Edit' Menu

[James Spencer]

On Aug 20, 2005, at 2:18 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:

> Ken Ray wrote:
>
>> Well, actually it's not as common to do that in Windows apps as in  
>> Mac -
>> they usually don't have "Preferences" under the Edit menu; they have
>> "Options" under the Tools menu, or if it does have "Preferences",  
>> it's not
>> under the Edit menu (I've seen it under Configure, or File, etc.).
>>
>
> And here we enter the Windows World of "Sometimes":
> ...

Amen.  I certainly would not look to Windows for how to handle  
preference items as there is NO consistency not even within  
Microsoft's products.  That said, I have been convinced by the  
discussion here that I should not be disabling the Edit menu in its  
entirety but rather should disable the individual items.  I am glad  
this problem was pointed out as it is making me fix my app.

That said as well, I still think the way Rev is handling the  
Preference item, i.e. disabling it even though it has been moved on a  
Mac OS X system, is a bug.  I understand how it occurs but the  
special handling that moves the menu item should also handle enabling  
the item as well.

Spence