From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#6344: 24.0.50; doc of menu separators Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:43:58 -0700 Message-ID: References: <294C0104B1B64A6388E83E272280D7EF@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1310597139 7987 80.91.229.12 (13 Jul 2011 22:45:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 22:45:39 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 6344@debbugs.gnu.org To: "'Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen'" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 14 00:45:35 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qh8BQ-0003jn-V2 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:45:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56493 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qh8BP-0007Wl-RG for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:45:31 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:39938) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qh8B1-0007SJ-2N for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:45:13 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qh8Ay-0006gL-Ml for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:45:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:33002) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qh8Ay-0006g9-7K for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:45:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qh8Ax-0005T2-5T; Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:45:03 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: "Drew Adams" Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 22:45:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 6344 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 6344-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B6344.131059705520941 (code B ref 6344); Wed, 13 Jul 2011 22:45:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 6344) by debbugs.gnu.org; 13 Jul 2011 22:44:15 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qh8AA-0005Rh-E2 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:44:14 -0400 Original-Received: from rcsinet15.oracle.com ([148.87.113.117]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qh8A6-0005RR-SA for 6344@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:44:11 -0400 Original-Received: from rtcsinet22.oracle.com (rtcsinet22.oracle.com [66.248.204.30]) by rcsinet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.4/Switch-3.4.4) with ESMTP id p6DMi24m009395 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 13 Jul 2011 22:44:04 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt358.oracle.com (acsmt358.oracle.com [141.146.40.158]) by rtcsinet22.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p6DMi1Ox029917 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 13 Jul 2011 22:44:02 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt118.oracle.com (abhmt118.oracle.com [141.146.116.70]) by acsmt358.oracle.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id p6DMhtkU031480; Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:43:56 -0500 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/130.35.178.194) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:43:55 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: Thread-Index: AcxBq3l3PLi5X+hgSeOAE8kUHZyHkgAAUhYg X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6109 X-Source-IP: rtcsinet22.oracle.com [66.248.204.30] X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090203.4E1E1FB5.0005:SCFSTAT5015188, ss=1, re=-4.000, fgs=0 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:45:03 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:48944 Archived-At: > > I just spent some time myself rediscovering this. > > Can we please fix the doc to mention this? Thx. > > > >> A user will naturally wonder, "Is there no way to specify > >> :enable or :visible for a menu separator?" In fact, there > >> is a way, simply use: > >> (menu-item SEPARATOR-TYPE nil :visible PREDICATE) > >> etc. > >> > >> In sum, the doc (spec) for separators is incomplete. > > Could you suggest an appropriate text for the manual? I think all we need to say is something like this (in node `Menu Separators'): You can use this longer form to specify keywords such as :enable and :visible for a menu separator: (menu-item SEPARATOR-TYPE nil . ITEM-PROPERTY-LIST) For example: (menu-item "--" nil :visible (boundp 'foo))