From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#3529: 23.0.94; C-h k mouse-1 on mode-line fields with menus brings up the menu Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:14:18 -0700 Message-ID: References: <1BA8F04112224898BB8C7B536DCF105A@us.oracle.com> Reply-To: Drew Adams , 3529@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1246061889 532 80.91.229.12 (27 Jun 2009 00:18:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:18:09 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 3529@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: "'Stefan Monnier'" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jun 27 02:18:02 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MKLcH-0007go-GI for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:18:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37835 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MKLcG-0005ot-Rm for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:18:00 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MKLbo-0005aa-FO for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:17:32 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MKLbj-0005Yi-Be for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:17:31 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=35844 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MKLbi-0005YP-LU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:17:26 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:41677) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MKLbi-0004tq-2a for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:17:26 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n5R0HN58001773; Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:17:24 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n5R0F6Q3001221; Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:15:06 -0700 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: "Drew Adams" Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:15:06 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 3529 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 3529-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B3529.12460616741072 (code B ref 3529); Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:15:06 +0000 Original-Received: (at 3529) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 27 Jun 2009 00:14:34 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from rgminet12.oracle.com (rcsinet12.oracle.com [148.87.113.124]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n5R0EU94001066 for <3529@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:14:31 -0700 Original-Received: from rgminet15.oracle.com (rcsinet15.oracle.com [148.87.113.117]) by rgminet12.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id n5R0E6pJ023522 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:14:07 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt010.oracle.com (abhmt010.oracle.com [141.146.116.19]) by rgminet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id n5R0EThu008816; Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:14:29 GMT Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/141.144.72.193) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:14:21 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: Thread-Index: Acn2uvAjh+bdYJS1QXu2fcmrdbJIgQAAPnCQ X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 X-Source-IP: abhmt010.oracle.com [141.146.116.19] X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090202.4A45645E.0179:SCFSTAT5015188,ss=1,fgs=0 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Resent-Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:17:31 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:29003 Archived-At: > > It should describe mouse-1 at that point. It should not > > just bring up the menu. IOW, it should act just like > > C-h k mouse-1 does when you click the buffer name: give > > you info about what mouse-1 does at that position. > > The current behavior was made specifically so that C-h k can > be used to > figure out which command is run by a given menu entry. I > agree that it > can sometimes be useful to figure what the name of the menu, but > currently Emacs does provide any way for the user to > distinguish between > the two cases, so depending on how you define the menu (either as > a keymap or as a commmand that pops up a menu), you can > either find info > about the bindings in the menu, or info about the menu itself. > > I personally need info about the bindings a lot more often than info > about the menus, which is why we have the current behavior. > > It's also in line with the behavior of C-h k for menubar menus. My bad. I misunderstood. For some reason (duh), I didn't think to choose a menu item. I thought it was just doing the same thing as clicking mouse-1, instead of providing help. Dunno why I didn't figure it out. This change was a good one.