From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Masatake YAMATO Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: add a mode-line menu to menu-bar? Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 02:23:26 +0900 (JST) Message-ID: <20061108.022326.107192926.jet@gyve.org> References: <20061107105201.9E39.SLAWOMIR.NOWACZYK.847@student.lu.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1162920270 14810 80.91.229.2 (7 Nov 2006 17:24:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 17:24:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: slawomir.nowaczyk.847@student.lu.se, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 07 18:24:26 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GhUgG-0002Py-Tf for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 07 Nov 2006 18:24:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GhUgG-0007CA-Au for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 07 Nov 2006 12:24:12 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GhUfi-0006z8-8h for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Nov 2006 12:23:38 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GhUfd-0006x9-81 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Nov 2006 12:23:37 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GhUfd-0006x1-4l for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Nov 2006 12:23:33 -0500 Original-Received: from [210.130.0.19] (helo=mo00.iij4u.or.jp) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GhUfc-000280-He for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Nov 2006 12:23:33 -0500 Original-Received: MO(mo00)id kA7HNSP9024646; Wed, 8 Nov 2006 02:23:28 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from localhost (h219-110-074-001.catv01.itscom.jp [219.110.74.1]) by r-kk.iij4u.or.jp (4U-MR/r-kk) id kA7HNQ8U027862; Wed, 8 Nov 2006 02:23:28 +0900 (JST) Original-To: drew.adams@oracle.com In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Mew version 4.2.53 on Emacs 22.0.51 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:61922 Archived-At: > FYI - tooltips do provide some help on mode-line mouse actions, as does `C-h a mode-line'. > > There are also other reasons to add such a menu, including keyboard access via tmm. However, RMS has already decided against this. > How about adding M-x describe-mode-line and "Describe Mode Line..." under the "Help" menu? Like this: | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |-uuu:---F1 *scratch* All (5,0) (Lisp Interaction ElDoc Abbrev)----2:13AM---------------- +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 1234 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 | -uuu:---F1 *scratch* All (5,0) (Lisp Interaction ElDoc Abbrev)----2:09AM----- | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |-uuu:%%-F1 *Help* Top (1,0) (Help View Abbrev)----2:10AM----------------------------- +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Describe which mode-line element?(1-12): +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------