From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#12406: 24.2.50; frame parameter `menu-bar-lines' and `menu-bar-mode' Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:39:44 -0400 Message-ID: References: <54FF7233AE2E4AF39FEC5B688D67341E@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1347309631 20874 80.91.229.3 (10 Sep 2012 20:40:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 20:40:31 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 12406@debbugs.gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 10 22:40:33 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-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 1TBAmX-0007sL-Fe for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Sep 2012 22:40:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49818 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TBAmU-0006ny-04 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:40:30 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:33834) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TBAmR-0006nt-Nk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:40:28 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TBAmQ-0004bU-Qi for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:40:27 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:43268) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TBAmQ-0004bP-Mw for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:40:26 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TBAn0-0003GA-My for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:41:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 20:41:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 12406 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 12406-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B12406.134730962512488 (code B ref 12406); Mon, 10 Sep 2012 20:41:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 12406) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Sep 2012 20:40:25 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52814 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TBAmP-0003FN-7A for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:40:25 -0400 Original-Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.22]:35471) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TBAmN-0003FF-4z for 12406@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:40:23 -0400 Original-Received: from faina.iro.umontreal.ca (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by pruche.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id q8AKdjVL023861; Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:39:45 -0400 Original-Received: by faina.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 01405B4085; Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:39:44 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <54FF7233AE2E4AF39FEC5B688D67341E@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Mon, 10 Sep 2012 10:59:22 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:64079 Archived-At: > emacs -Q > (setq special-display-frame-alist '((menu-bar-lines . 1)) > special-display-regexps '("[ ]?[*][^*]+[*]")) > (menu-bar-mode 0) > (describe-variable 'menu-bar-mode) > You will see that: > * Buffer *Help* is displayed in its own frame. > * It says that menu-bar-mode is nil (which it is). > * The frame has a menu bar. The core of the problem is that menu-bar-mode is global, whereas the presence/absence of a menu-bar is actually a frame property (and it's important to me that it be so, because I have some frames with a menu-bar and some without). So `menu-bar-mode' is a lie. One possible fix is to make menu-bar-mode into a frame-local mode, so calling menu-bar-mode would only affect the current frame (and maybe also the future frames) but not the other existing frames. Stefan