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From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: larsi@gnus.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, 24237-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#24237: 24.5; (elisp)`Extended Menu Items', :filter warning
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2020 16:05:29 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADwFkmmP1oO8qMsrQNKcVNXHrQ7a+o_qvMREomJEnGpQsKYM4w@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9db900ad-aec6-4000-8537-a43d781c458e@default>

Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

>> >    a. You can bind an extended menu item that uses
>> >       :filter to a keyboard key, to give it a
>> >       dynamic binding (explaining what that means
>> >       with an example).
>>
>> IMO this is a kludge that we don't need to document.
>
> It is indeed a kludge/workaround/hack.

I agree that this kludge shouldn't be documented.  It is very strange to
bind keys to menu-bindings just for :filter, and if we document it we in
effect say that this is the preferred way of doing this stuff.

> It is also quite useful.  If you refuse to elevate it
> to doc-worthiness, then please change this bug to an
> enhancement request to provide the same feature
> _without_ having to use `menu-item' with :filter.
>
> Otherwise, I will I guess submit such an enhancement
> request.  Elisp users shouldn't have to resort to an
> undocumented kludge to get this useful behavior.

It makes sense to me to file such a feature request.





  reply	other threads:[~2020-12-20  0:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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2020-12-19 19:35                   ` bug#24237: 24.5; (elisp)`Extended Menu Items', :filter warning Drew Adams
2020-12-20  0:05                     ` Stefan Kangas [this message]
2020-12-20  1:23                       ` Drew Adams
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2020-12-19 18:54               ` Drew Adams
2020-12-19 19:17                 ` Eli Zaretskii
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2020-12-13 19:52           ` Drew Adams
2020-12-19 10:47             ` Eli Zaretskii
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     [not found]     ` <<83blexeod5.fsf@gnu.org>
2020-12-13 17:24       ` Drew Adams
2020-12-13 17:56         ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-15 18:06 Drew Adams
2020-12-12 20:24 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-12-12 20:45   ` Drew Adams
2020-12-13 15:07     ` Eli Zaretskii

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