From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chris McMahan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Getting the command that a certain menu function runs? Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:46:06 -0400 Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Message-ID: <7szll7uqm9.fsf@one.net> References: <87ljwrfcr4.fsf@pcdesk.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1224002506 6652 80.91.229.12 (14 Oct 2008 16:41:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:41:46 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 14 18:42:43 2008 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 1Kpmya-0004Ex-9E for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:42:28 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59813 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KpmxV-0007xd-L9 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:41:21 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!panix!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 19 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: panix5.panix.com Original-X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1223999138 5925 166.84.1.5 (14 Oct 2008 15:45:38 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:45:38 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:uV7FuW44PsZOVYbSJ3Tr8K1/Kh8= Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:163426 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:58769 Archived-At: Tyler Spivey 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 -- (. .) =ooO=(_)=Ooo===================================== Chris McMahan | first_initiallastname@one.dot.net =================================================