From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#44454: 26.3; Enhancement request: let :help in menus take a FORM arg, i.e., be eval'd Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2020 17:02:05 +0100 Message-ID: <87v9eejz7m.fsf@gnus.org> References: <93a9e82b-3799-492f-9632-dfe61db9a7dd@default> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="31133"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 44454@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 09 17:03:15 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kc9dS-0007vi-CJ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 09 Nov 2020 17:03:14 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55112 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kc9dQ-0000N5-Tx for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 09 Nov 2020 11:03:12 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:41790) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kc9dG-0000MI-2W for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Nov 2020 11:03:02 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:51988) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kc9dF-00012U-PY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Nov 2020 11:03:01 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kc9dF-0008KI-LP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Nov 2020 11:03:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2020 16:03:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 44454 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 44454-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B44454.160493774031175 (code B ref 44454); Mon, 09 Nov 2020 16:03:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 44454) by debbugs.gnu.org; 9 Nov 2020 16:02:20 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35298 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kc9ca-00086W-2K for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 09 Nov 2020 11:02:20 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:43440) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kc9cY-00080G-CE for 44454@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 09 Nov 2020 11:02:18 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=0ovFmwHFMot96RJhV1IpH4zy0U8WDaZyUq8GRVdBDfQ=; b=hsl2KoWXKLbIH9H3cvZHKQMBjF mgWlLRYtYL/Iv1Sqz2n59ddsh1W7OHbkmBeuZJ3BSojd7ptkzbCakOtHOZT1DVV1P5rjba/mzEW06 vBotDoV1ToLwYRR1AXEUIEE3zNXVFaiiNpDewyHc5S62F9ZNOnli4Z4iqEL79Cx5gPVY=; Original-Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=xo) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kc9cN-0007hS-D0; Mon, 09 Nov 2020 17:02:11 +0100 X-Now-Playing: Irreversible Entanglements's _Irreversible Entanglements_: "Chicago To Texas" In-Reply-To: <93a9e82b-3799-492f-9632-dfe61db9a7dd@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Wed, 4 Nov 2020 13:34:17 -0800 (PST)") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:192946 Archived-At: Drew Adams writes: > Enhancement request: > > In extended menu items and the easy-menu stuff, the value of :help must > be a literal string. Consider perhaps letting it be a FORM, i.e., have > it be evaluated, like :visible and :enable. > > It would be backward compatible. If you use a sexp now the result is > that you just don't get any help echo. :visible and :enable have to allow forms as values. What's the use case for forms for :help elements? -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no