RE: New menu creation

[supreet <supreet.prasad@gmail.com>]

Hi,

Thank you very much for all the info. It really helped.
the answers to my questions were so precise. Thanks once again for taking
your time.

Supreet



Drew Adams wrote:
> 
>> I am very new to Emacs. I am trying to create a new menu in 
>> the menu bar. How do I proceed?
> 
> Here is one way. Paste this text in a new file `mine.el', save it, and do
> `M-x
> load-file RET mine.el'. (`M-x' means `ALT-x'.)
> 
> ;; 1. Define a keymap variable:
> (defvar my-menu (make-sparse-keymap "My Great Menu"))
> 
> ;; 2. Put it on the menu bar:
> (define-key global-map [menu-bar mine] (cons "Mine" my-menu))
> 
> ;; 3. Add menu items:
> (define-key my-menu [my-cmd1]
>  '(menu-item "Command Uno" my-cmd1 :help "My first command"))
> (define-key my-menu [forward-char]
>  '(menu-item "Command Duo" my-cmd1 :help "Move forward one char"))
> 
> ...
> 
> Alternatively, skip defining a variable (step #1) and just define
> everything
> directly wrt the `global-map':
> 
> (define-key global-map [menu-bar mine]
>  (cons "Mine" (make-sparse-keymap "My Great Menu")))
> 
> (define-key global-map [menu-bar mine my-cmd1]
>  '(menu-item "Command Uno" my-cmd1 :help "My first command"))
> 
> ...
> 
>> I downloaded the source and I see a lot of .el files under the lisp
>> directory. Do I create a new file there? How do I link it?
> 
> No. Put the file in any directory you like, then add that directory to
> your
> `load-path':
> 
> (add-to-list 'load-path "/my/directory/for/my/lisp/") 
> 
>> Please let me know if there are any links or info that I can follow.
> 
> * `C-h i', then choose Elisp, for the Emacs-Lisp manual. Then `i', type
> `menu',
> and hit `TAB'. You'll see the manual pages about the menus. Choose the
> completion candidate `menu bar' by typing ` bar' and hitting `RET'. That
> takes
> you to the manual page (node) `Menu Bar'. Read.
> 
> * Google `emacs wiki' and pick the first search hit: `EmacsWiki: Site
> Map'.
> Search there for `menu bar'. Pick the first search hit: `EmacsWiki: Menu
> Bar'.
> You are here: http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/MenuBar. Read. Explore the
> wiki for
> more.
> 
> HTH.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

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