Emacs Menu Bar Question

Emacs Menu Bar Question

[Paulie]

Hi all,

I am just learning Linux and am trying to get to grips with emacs - so far 
so good.  I use Ctl/Alt/F1 to go into terminal mode and use xemacs - no 
problem, plain screen, keyboard commands only.  When I try emacs I get the 
menu bar (File Edit Options etc) at the top of the screen but don't have a 
mouse attached.  Is there a way to access the menu in a similar way as I 
might in Windows (Alt key).

TIA, Paulie 

Re: Emacs Menu Bar Question

[David Kastrup]

"Paulie" <pstuyv-no-to-spam@yahoo.co.uk> writes:

> I am just learning Linux and am trying to get to grips with emacs -
> so far so good.  I use Ctl/Alt/F1 to go into terminal mode and use
> xemacs - no problem, plain screen, keyboard commands only.  When I
> try emacs I get the menu bar (File Edit Options etc) at the top of
> the screen but don't have a mouse attached.  Is there a way to
> access the menu in a similar way as I might in Windows (Alt key).

F10, but be prepared to hate it.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum

Re: Emacs Menu Bar Question

[Pascal Bourguignon]

David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> writes:

> "Paulie" <pstuyv-no-to-spam@yahoo.co.uk> writes:
>
>> I am just learning Linux and am trying to get to grips with emacs -
>> so far so good.  I use Ctl/Alt/F1 to go into terminal mode and use
>> xemacs - no problem, plain screen, keyboard commands only.  When I
>> try emacs I get the menu bar (File Edit Options etc) at the top of
>> the screen but don't have a mouse attached.  Is there a way to
>> access the menu in a similar way as I might in Windows (Alt key).
>
> F10, but be prepared to hate it.

Yes, put this in your ~/.emacs:

    (menu-bar-mode 0)

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Re: Emacs Menu Bar Question

[Paulie]

<snip>
>
> F10, but be prepared to hate it.
>

I already do after 10 minutes - but thanks anyway.

Paulie 

Re: Emacs Menu Bar Question

[Tim Johnson]

* Paulie <pstuyv-no-to-spam@yahoo.co.uk> [050602 08:55]:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am just learning Linux and am trying to get to grips with emacs - so far 
> so good.  I use Ctl/Alt/F1 to go into terminal mode and use xemacs - no 
> problem, plain screen, keyboard commands only.  When I try emacs I get the 
> menu bar (File Edit Options etc) at the top of the screen but don't have a 
> mouse attached.  Is there a way to access the menu in a similar way as I 
> might in Windows (Alt key).

 Hi Paulie: 
 I'm brand new to GNU emacs myself (first week of usage), but I use 
 tmm-menubar. I think it is bound by default to alt-` (backtick), but
 use my own binding. 
 It is a Text-mode emulation of looking and choosing from a menubar,
 and is not "windows-like" but if you try it, you may like it.
 I do. I prefer it to the Xemacs 'accelerate-menu.

 HTH
 tim

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