From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ted Zlatanov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Getting the command that a certain menu function runs? Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:13:49 -0500 Organization: =?utf-8?B?0KLQtdC+0LTQvtGAINCX0LvQsNGC0LDQvdC+0LI=?= @ Cienfuegos Message-ID: <86fxmyj2wi.fsf@lifelogs.com> 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 1224020492 4215 80.91.229.12 (14 Oct 2008 21:41:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:41:32 +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 23:42:32 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 1Kpreq-00030x-I5 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:42:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57416 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Kprdm-0003Qk-0X for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:41:18 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!goblin1!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!feeder.erje.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.albasani.net!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 19 Original-X-Trace: news.albasani.net S1GwVv4SeegGSyqnGWWX2Pp7JfF+iV3dmGpw1yzPj7EHt/5VHiXcBqRkY9nCOEmg18XcoSJM938URr7Si8YkUSvm0GGd60IaWch2wcQtjjtIzjhmKBGIWtCWpSXAcwgd Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@albasani.net Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:13:50 +0000 (UTC) X-User-ID: AOD13fGWEwnziN8GI+vmhmgcARqJoApWcdNHFNMobd0= X-Face: bd.DQ~'29fIs`T_%O%C\g%6jW)yi[zuz6; d4V0`@y-~$#3P_Ng{@m+e4o<4P'#(_GJQ%TT= D}[Ep*b!\e,fBZ'j_+#"Ps?s2!4H2-Y"sx" Cancel-Lock: sha1:7pw2eZZksf0oY9oZGcEm96C+/+4= sha1:5c0ZKmJxSTWFFOwzxXkpYLNZzyw= User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-NNTP-Posting-Host: Gw5M4X4EaZtBv9HBdDifeFnMZfCWeKSP9fwTZ+GGHsc= Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:163440 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:58782 Archived-At: On Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:54:39 -0700 Tyler Spivey 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