Getting the command that a certain menu function runs?

Getting the command that a certain menu function runs?

[Tyler Spivey]

Hello. I would like to know how to find the function that is executed by
a menu command on the menubar. describe-key isn't working for me, since
I don't use a mouse, and f10/m-` just describes the function for opening
the menubar. For example, in gnus, I would like to find the M-x
equivalent of Post>Send a message (mail or news).

Re: Getting the command that a certain menu function runs?

[Joost Diepenmaat]

Tyler Spivey <tspivey@nospampcdesk.net> writes:

> Hello. I would like to know how to find the function that is executed by
> a menu command on the menubar. describe-key isn't working for me, since
> I don't use a mouse, and f10/m-` just describes the function for opening
> the menubar. For example, in gnus, I would like to find the M-x
> equivalent of Post>Send a message (mail or news).

I'm working on a replacement for tmm-menu, at
http://github.com/joodie/iswitch-menu/tree/master

If you're willing to use that, you can find the last chosen entry by
doing 

M-x describe-variable <RET> iswitch-menu-last-chosen <RET>

(a 3-element list, where the last element is the command executed)


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Joost Diepenmaat | blog: http://joost.zeekat.nl/ | work: http://zeekat.nl/

Re: Getting the command that a certain menu function runs?

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

Joost Diepenmaat wrote:
> Tyler Spivey <tspivey@nospampcdesk.net> writes:
> 
>> Hello. I would like to know how to find the function that is executed by
>> a menu command on the menubar. describe-key isn't working for me, since
>> I don't use a mouse, and f10/m-` just describes the function for opening
>> the menubar. For example, in gnus, I would like to find the M-x
>> equivalent of Post>Send a message (mail or news).
> 
> I'm working on a replacement for tmm-menu, at
> http://github.com/joodie/iswitch-menu/tree/master
> 
> If you're willing to use that, you can find the last chosen entry by
> doing 
> 
> M-x describe-variable <RET> iswitch-menu-last-chosen <RET>
> 
> (a 3-element list, where the last element is the command executed)

Another possibility on ms windows: If you are using the patched version
of Emacs+EmacsW32 you can use C-h k and then access the menu with the
Alt key.

Re: Getting the command that a certain menu function runs?

[Chris McMahan]

Tyler Spivey <tspivey@nospampcdesk.net> writes:

> Hello. I would like to know how to find the function that is executed by
> a menu command on the menubar. describe-key isn't working for me, since
> I don't use a mouse, and f10/m-` just describes the function for opening
> the menubar. For example, in gnus, I would like to find the M-x
> equivalent of Post>Send a message (mail or news).

In my system, I can run the command 'describe-key' (C-h k) and use the
mouse to select the menu item. It then appears in the buffer as any
other help screen would.

- Chris

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Re: Getting the command that a certain menu function runs?

[Lennart Borgman]

On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 5:46 PM, Chris McMahan <cmcmahan@one.net> wrote:
> Tyler Spivey <tspivey@nospampcdesk.net> writes:
>
>> Hello. I would like to know how to find the function that is executed by
>> a menu command on the menubar. describe-key isn't working for me, since
>> I don't use a mouse, and f10/m-` just describes the function for opening
>> the menubar. For example, in gnus, I would like to find the M-x
>> equivalent of Post>Send a message (mail or news).
>
> In my system, I can run the command 'describe-key' (C-h k) and use the
> mouse to select the menu item. It then appears in the buffer as any
> other help screen would.

Yes, that is a very nice and useful feature, but Tyler wrote he did
not use a mouse.

Re: Getting the command that a certain menu function runs?

[Chris McMahan]

"Lennart Borgman" <lennart.borgman@gmail.com> writes:

> On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 5:46 PM, Chris McMahan <cmcmahan@one.net> wrote:
>> Tyler Spivey <tspivey@nospampcdesk.net> writes:
>>
>>> Hello. I would like to know how to find the function that is executed by
>>> a menu command on the menubar. describe-key isn't working for me, since
>>> I don't use a mouse, and f10/m-` just describes the function for opening
>>> the menubar. For example, in gnus, I would like to find the M-x
>>> equivalent of Post>Send a message (mail or news).
>>
>> In my system, I can run the command 'describe-key' (C-h k) and use the
>> mouse to select the menu item. It then appears in the buffer as any
>> other help screen would.
>
> Yes, that is a very nice and useful feature, but Tyler wrote he did
> not use a mouse.

Oops... my fault for not reading closely enough.



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Re: Getting the command that a certain menu function runs?

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:54:39 -0700 Tyler Spivey <tspivey@nospampcdesk.net> wrote: 

TS> Hello. I would like to know how to find the function that is executed by
TS> a menu command on the menubar. describe-key isn't working for me, since
TS> I don't use a mouse, and f10/m-` just describes the function for opening
TS> the menubar. For example, in gnus, I would like to find the M-x
TS> equivalent of Post>Send a message (mail or news).

The programmer's shortcut:

# adjust for your particular packages
grep -C 20 easy-menu-define ~/gnus/gnus/lisp/*.el

...or just go in the package and do `M-x occur' for easy-menu-define.

Not ideal, sure, but it will tell you exactly what's been installed.

HTH
Ted