Adjusting clip length AND shift menu markers accordingly

The logical workflow is to first edit the clips and then to share the movie to a DVD. If corrections afterwards are necessary, any change to the length of a clip causes the clips afterward to shift. But the menu markers don't shift accordingly. All menu markers need to be re adjusted
Is there a way to adjust the length of a clip so that any menu marker later in the move will move by the same amount?
Regards,
Harro

Unfortunately not.

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