From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Cecil Westerhof Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Getting a menu in the minibuffer Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:25:42 +0100 Organization: Decebal Computing Message-ID: <87oclo7us9.fsf@Traian.DecebalComp> References: <87d4273xeg.fsf@Traian.DecebalComp> <86e48787-f41e-4205-93eb-746e622d0507@h9g2000yqa.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1261637032 21763 80.91.229.12 (24 Dec 2009 06:43:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 06:43:52 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 24 07:43:45 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-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 1NNhQG-0007Lc-8T for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:43:44 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37874 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NNhQG-0001TK-Aq for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:43:44 -0500 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!usenet.stanford.edu!goblin1!goblin.stu.neva.ru!feeder.news-service.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Set: dutch X-Homepage: http://www.decebal.nl/ User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:JgmQDNsbtzzXrf1Rl4WdYp251DI= Original-Lines: 27 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 84.53.123.169 Original-X-Trace: 1261635942 news.xs4all.nl 22944 decebal/[::ffff:84.53.123.169]:25501 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:175763 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:70839 Archived-At: jpkotta writes: >> There are several commands that give a little menu in the menu buffer. >> For example tmm-menubar. I would like something like that also. I am >> busy with extending GNUS. I think the best way to use those extra >> functions -and maybe some standard ones- would be by using a menu. Is >> there a place where building something like that is explained, or do I >> need to consult the sources? > > A very simple echo area menu is > http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/OneTwoThreeMenu. Thanks. > I have some modifications to it that: automatically format the items > into columns; allow for continually re-displaying the menu until C-g > is pressed; and allow for any keystroke to select an item. I use my > modified version but I wanted to work on it a bit more before > submitting a patch. If you're interested I can send it. I sure am. -- Cecil Westerhof Senior Software Engineer LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilwesterhof