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I'm not to particular on the which key to use, I just want the feature. I
can I bind the feature I want to a particular key. I use the alt example,
because it is a common windows feature.

"Bastien Guerry" <bastien1@free.fr> wrote in message
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> Hi Javier,
>
> "Javier Oviedo" <email_joviedo@yahoo.com> writes:
>
> > I would like to use the alt + F, for example, to pull down the "File"
menu.
> > My goal to is generalize this for all menu options in the menu bar for
> > emacs. Can this be dine? Is so, how?
>
> I don't think it is a good idea, since the M-f key is already bound to
> `forward-word' (a very common command).  If you want to browse the
> menu without the mouse, use <f10> instead.
>
> regards,
>
> --
> Bastien