From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jean Louis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Menu functionality Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2021 20:44:15 +0300 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="32592"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mutt/2.0.7+183 (3d24855) (2021-05-28) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: lisa-asket@perso.be Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Jul 10 19:52:51 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-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 1m2H9m-0008JI-Qq for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 10 Jul 2021 19:52:50 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49116 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1m2H9l-0002ru-Ov for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 10 Jul 2021 13:52:49 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:45764) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1m2H7G-0005yz-DO for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Jul 2021 13:50:14 -0400 Original-Received: from stw1.rcdrun.com ([217.170.207.13]:49153) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1m2H79-0000Y0-RG for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Jul 2021 13:50:14 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([::ffff:197.157.0.16]) (AUTH: PLAIN admin, TLS: TLS1.3,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) by stw1.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 0000000000057EA3.0000000060E9DDA7.00000D5F; Sat, 10 Jul 2021 10:49:27 -0700 Mail-Followup-To: lisa-asket@perso.be, help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.170.207.13; envelope-from=bugs@gnu.support; helo=stw1.rcdrun.com X-Spam_score_int: 29 X-Spam_score: 2.9 X-Spam_bar: ++ X-Spam_report: (2.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_SBL_CSS=3.335, RCVD_IN_SORBS_WEB=1.5, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:131658 Archived-At: * lisa-asket@perso.be [2021-07-10 08:59]: > (defun my-easy-menu () >   "" >   (easy-menu-define rupal global-map "Rupal" >     (list "Rupal" >       ["Entry Sweep" entry-sweep t] >       ["Hide Entry"  hide-entry t] >       ["Show Entry"  show-entry t] >       ["Hide Body"   hide-body t] >       ("Sub Menu" >        ["Texinfo Pdf" texinfo-pdf t] >        ["Texinfo Htm" texinfo-htm t]) )) ) I have used it even without the `defun', just `easy-menu-define' alone. This is because when I load specific file then `easy-menu-define' is invoked and I get the menu. Otherwise if it is part of special mode it is then invoked in that special mode. I also define multiple sub-menus this way: (defvar hyperscope-menu-list-hyperdocuments (list "List hyperdocuments" ["List action hyperdocuments action" hyperscope-all-actions t] ["List assigned action hyperdocuments" hyperscope-list-assigned-actions t] ["List published hyperdocuments" hyperscope-list-published-hyperdocuments t] ["Actions pending by assignee" hyperscope-hyperdocuments-pending-by-assignee t] ["Latest hyperdocuments" hyperscope-latest-entries t] ["List by rank" hyperscope-by-rank t] ["List user set" hyperscope-list-user-set t])) (defvar hyperscope-menu-current-hyperdocument '("Current hyperdocument" ["Show description for hyperdocument" hyperscope-description-show t] ["Duplicate hyperdocument" hyperscope-copy-hyperdocument t] ["Preview HTML" hyperscope-hyperdocument-preview t] ["Open directory" hyperscope-dired t] ["Remove mark" hyperscope-unmark-id t] ["Sort hyperdocuments alphabetically" hyperscope-sort-alphabetically t] ["Go back" hyperscope-go-back t] ["Go back to real parent" hlink-go-to-parent t])) imagine multiple such as above here................. then final that integrates them all: (easy-menu-define hyperscope-menu map "Hyperscope Menu" (list "Hyperscope" hyperscope-menu-list-hyperdocuments hyperscope-menu-current-hyperdocument hyperscope-menu-find-hyperdocuments hyperscope-menu-collaborate hyperscope-menu-add-hyperdocuments hyperscope-menu-edit-hyperdocument hyperscope-menu-deleting-hyperdocuments hyperscope-menu-meta-functions ["About Hyperscope" hyperscope-about t] ["Quit" quit-window t])) I can say that `easy-menu' truly deserves its easy adjective as when I compare it to various GUI toolkits that are normally invoked from Common Lisp or Scheme implementations. A menu in Emacs means much for the user as it offers quick access, it is helpful as it shows key bindings, it gives some structure on how user could proceed with possible actions. > I think many could learn from this as information en making working > menus is scant. I have used just Emasc Lisp manual. -- Jean Take action in Free Software Foundation campaigns: https://www.fsf.org/campaigns In support of Richard M. Stallman https://stallmansupport.org/