From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: James Freer Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Customising menus... removing bars Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2014 22:46:55 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: References: <87k38so1lr.fsf@mailbox.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1402177657 16773 80.91.229.3 (7 Jun 2014 21:47:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2014 21:47:37 +0000 (UTC) To: James Freer , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jun 07 23:47:30 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WtOSX-0005mo-Rh for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 07 Jun 2014 23:47:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53274 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WtOSX-0005TW-Gq for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 07 Jun 2014 17:47:29 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60319) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WtOSD-0005SV-U3 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Jun 2014 17:47:18 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WtOS3-0002IL-AD for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Jun 2014 17:47:09 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-wg0-x22d.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c00::22d]:59354) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WtOS3-0002Hu-35 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Jun 2014 17:46:59 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-wg0-f45.google.com with SMTP id m15so4175206wgh.28 for ; Sat, 07 Jun 2014 14:46:58 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:message-id:references:user-agent :mime-version:content-type; bh=4feEIy2PhjDloSoeMMYgXS/RP84uoIn8wooh2aUmqic=; b=A/BFPxTpX3D+6hpx7DPAiywsTSiJuwJ3X1fEq4ED5tgqieNr9ZtiQ3IRyE0RjPiMkp j5Yy/HalwuvcY+XPIKsCPl026xgdM7nNNIYZdYkfI70jebRj2vCZkp/D8FSwg/Ukge/3 xEqrM5wqDOzQhYDwv75eRacuWp+1KiUBPyjFj6cfMj3MhuSJ8YaWQ63z3PGyj7zN1FxX qJR7xEmwcOxBOQThnLPdwRQrxInwYFja3UZ8HaYJSrl7xRpdJTdwRXNfFOSl7yqKr3mT U/ogKZtyRGIfiXc9ifG/NSYJ5hk+6tcyz16ELZeUxXBhPRe3zCYO2LdlDwUdI0elBk9J tL5g== X-Received: by 10.180.91.162 with SMTP id cf2mr18533470wib.57.1402177618184; Sat, 07 Jun 2014 14:46:58 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from james.home (host86-170-32-167.range86-170.btcentralplus.com. [86.170.32.167]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id dk10sm8209846wib.1.2014.06.07.14.46.56 for (version=TLSv1.1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sat, 07 Jun 2014 14:46:57 -0700 (PDT) X-X-Sender: james@james In-Reply-To: <87k38so1lr.fsf@mailbox.org> User-Agent: Alpine 2.10 (DEB 1266 2009-07-14) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:400c:c00::22d X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:98080 Archived-At: On Sat, 7 Jun 2014, Alexander Baier wrote: > On 2014-06-07 21:32 James Freer wrote: >> I'd be grateful for a bit of guidance! >> >> I am just reading about customising menus in emacs. I want to remove >> the Buffers, Tools, Lisp-Interpreter, Help - to put it simply. I don't >> want all the contents of File, Edit, Options really. >> >> I was thinking of using EasyMenu due to it's name probably the best >> for me. But I'm unsure about the main menu - I assume I leave >> (menu-bar-mode 0) in the .emacs. I want to use both console and gui, >> but gui in the most basic form using key shortcuts for most >> commands. Console for editing email and when I am using cli but like >> the gui when I am looking through a load of files. > > Just as a site note: You can always bind the toggling of the menu to a > key enabling you to only make it visible when you need it. > > #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp > (global-set-key (kbd "C-") 'menu-bar-mode) > #+END_SRC > > HTH, > -- > Alexander Baier Alexander and Drew Many thanks for you replies I will read further and investigate. I like emacs, but it's 'big' and takes some learning. james