* Adding an entry to the menu bar
@ 2006-07-20 14:18 Tim Allen
2006-07-20 22:53 ` Kevin Rodgers
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From: Tim Allen @ 2006-07-20 14:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
Hi
I'm trying to add an entry to the Buffers menu bar (for creating a new
scratch). My attempt below works OK when adding to the Files menu, but
changing "files" to "buffers" does not insert the new menu option:
(define-key global-map
[menu-bar files create-scratch]
'("New buffer" . create-scratch-buffer))
I think this may be because the contents of the Buffers menu is created
"on-the-fly", as it needs to list the actual buffers present. Can anyone
help with this?
Thanks
Tim
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* Re: Adding an entry to the menu bar
2006-07-20 14:18 Adding an entry to the menu bar Tim Allen
@ 2006-07-20 22:53 ` Kevin Rodgers
2006-07-21 7:52 ` Tim Allen
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Kevin Rodgers @ 2006-07-20 22:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
Tim Allen wrote:
> I'm trying to add an entry to the Buffers menu bar (for creating a new
> scratch). My attempt below works OK when adding to the Files menu, but
> changing "files" to "buffers" does not insert the new menu option:
>
> (define-key global-map
> [menu-bar files create-scratch]
> '("New buffer" . create-scratch-buffer))
>
>
> I think this may be because the contents of the Buffers menu is created
> "on-the-fly", as it needs to list the actual buffers present. Can anyone
> help with this?
Right (plus the key is actually [menu-bar buffer], not [menu-bar
buffers]).
menu-bar-update-buffers is the function where this happens, so you could
try invoking your code like this:
(defadvice menu-bar-update-buffers (after create-scratch activate)
"Add a \"New buffer\" entry to the \"Buffers\" menu."
(define-key (current-global-map) [menu-bar buffer create-scratch]
'("New buffer" . create-scratch-buffer)))
--
Kevin
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* Re: Adding an entry to the menu bar
2006-07-20 22:53 ` Kevin Rodgers
@ 2006-07-21 7:52 ` Tim Allen
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Tim Allen @ 2006-07-21 7:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: help-gnu-emacs
On Thu, 20 Jul 2006, Kevin Rodgers wrote:
> Tim Allen wrote:
> > I'm trying to add an entry to the Buffers menu bar (for creating a new
> > scratch). My attempt below works OK when adding to the Files menu, but
> > changing "files" to "buffers" does not insert the new menu option:
> >
> > (define-key global-map
> > [menu-bar files create-scratch]
> > '("New buffer" . create-scratch-buffer))
> >
> >
> > I think this may be because the contents of the Buffers menu is created
> > "on-the-fly", as it needs to list the actual buffers present. Can anyone
> > help with this?
>
> Right (plus the key is actually [menu-bar buffer], not [menu-bar
> buffers]).
>
> menu-bar-update-buffers is the function where this happens, so you could
> try invoking your code like this:
>
> (defadvice menu-bar-update-buffers (after create-scratch activate)
> "Add a \"New buffer\" entry to the \"Buffers\" menu."
> (define-key (current-global-map) [menu-bar buffer create-scratch]
> '("New buffer" . create-scratch-buffer)))
>
>
Thanks Kevin, that was exactly what I needed.
Tim
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