From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Lennart Borgman" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Getting the command that a certain menu function runs? Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:15:32 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87ljwrfcr4.fsf@pcdesk.net> <7szll7uqm9.fsf@one.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1224004582 13815 80.91.229.12 (14 Oct 2008 17:16:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:16:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: "Chris McMahan" Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 14 19:17:21 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KpnW1-0002Ot-1u for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:17:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33735 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KpnUw-0006mK-Da for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:15:54 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KpnUd-0006m2-RN for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:15:35 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KpnUc-0006lm-FG for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:15:35 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=47529 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KpnUc-0006lj-AR for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:15:34 -0400 Original-Received: from gv-out-0910.google.com ([216.239.58.187]:11596) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KpnUb-0008Oe-Sp for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:15:34 -0400 Original-Received: by gv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id i36so546478gve.17 for ; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:15:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=Moiq4Zdl8XQikAN9NuMf49LZacauzl/LTUjFYocIhC4=; b=F34RycCeVzMlg/lyCqgd2N38jOIc/WQqrXER0VzsVxrxgqNqhyf+WgDi+blVv7WV5+ Wh/08Lpg10d3psrZDpb8VHvvFmbRskO/ts+brbnZFLWzMdXrHE7b0P7Y9TJdlsVWFmxr NZ9pfTo/9IZWMQ583bXgsCAPA0jEpkrmy+OGg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=dv22TpBAVkWHAy0gEfNHgHqBB1P8+g8ySJqDv2uUVnL6LaPrdeclvuXKbqoCthBNHD k+2kn2LnBqqX1y/L9lD0XwKDv6gluDSYuq8MZmiVXCM/fG6lTYLMArV1K2TaxN5Jy25U wU5mFn6Ox+ybdk1qRhKGWO5zh/SctisLj1AoY= Original-Received: by 10.86.4.14 with SMTP id 14mr145828fgd.20.1224004532793; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:15:32 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.86.65.3 with HTTP; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:15:32 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <7szll7uqm9.fsf@one.net> Content-Disposition: inline X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:58770 Archived-At: On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 5:46 PM, Chris McMahan wrote: > Tyler Spivey writes: > >> Hello. I would like to know how to find the function that is executed by >> a menu command on the menubar. describe-key isn't working for me, since >> I don't use a mouse, and f10/m-` just describes the function for opening >> the menubar. For example, in gnus, I would like to find the M-x >> equivalent of Post>Send a message (mail or news). > > In my system, I can run the command 'describe-key' (C-h k) and use the > mouse to select the menu item. It then appears in the buffer as any > other help screen would. Yes, that is a very nice and useful feature, but Tyler wrote he did not use a mouse.