From: Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: Re: Function menu missing from top window bar!!
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2017 12:51:40 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAFMGiz_ca8_Brh4SZpgF3YVSaOTw15oCL1eXR23WjT4UNKF=aA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4c465ed0-c07c-4bd5-9ab8-3b6dafb42131@default>
On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 11:12 AM, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:
>> I can't remember how it's supposed to work, but when you do M-x imenu
>> the *Completions* should be sorted by virtue of the normal sorting
>> performed by the completion UI. If you like your GUI menu to be sorted
>> when selecting with the mouse, there's imenu-sort-function which you can
>> set via M-x customize-variable. It's supposed to be a user-preference
>> rather than being imposed by the author of the major mode.
>
> Set the option value to `imenu--sort-by-name'. The option doc
> tells you:
>
> "Set it to `imenu--sort-by-name' if you want alphabetic sorting."
Yes, Drew, I read that, but I need to know EXACTLY how to do that?
Where does the option value go? That's what's confusing about the
emacs manual: fragments that assume you know all about everything
lisp! I need a recipe here!
Thanks.
-Tom
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-01-03 18:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-07-15 13:07 Function menu missing from top window bar!! Tom Browder
2016-07-15 13:29 ` tomas
2016-07-15 13:44 ` Drew Adams
2016-07-15 13:56 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-07-18 11:37 ` Tom Browder
2016-12-31 0:07 ` Tom Browder
2017-01-03 15:25 ` Tom Browder
2017-01-03 17:01 ` Stefan Monnier
2017-01-03 17:12 ` Drew Adams
2017-01-03 18:51 ` Tom Browder [this message]
2017-01-03 18:58 ` Stefan Monnier
2017-01-03 19:10 ` Tom Browder
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