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#14797: 24.3.50; new, undocumented menu structure using VECTORS? Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2013 06:42:04 -0400 Message-ID: References: <6b4ca396-4d2b-4719-8b1e-1ef9eb6f5610@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1373020989 32366 80.91.229.3 (5 Jul 2013 10:43:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2013 10:43:09 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 14797@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 05 12:43:09 2013 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 1Uv3To-0004am-TJ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 05 Jul 2013 12:43:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39208 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Uv3To-0006vG-GH for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 05 Jul 2013 06:43:08 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35048) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Uv3Tk-0006v8-6S for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Jul 2013 06:43:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Uv3Ti-0003YB-UR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Jul 2013 06:43:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:36744) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Uv3Ti-0003Y7-RS for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Jul 2013 06:43:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Uv3Ti-0008WA-Bc for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Jul 2013 06:43:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2013 10:43:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 14797 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 14797-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B14797.137302093132523 (code B ref 14797); Fri, 05 Jul 2013 10:43:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 14797) by debbugs.gnu.org; 5 Jul 2013 10:42:11 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59292 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Uv3Ss-0008SQ-PJ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 05 Jul 2013 06:42:11 -0400 Original-Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.22]:41880) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Uv3Sq-0008Rt-2K for 14797@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 05 Jul 2013 06:42:08 -0400 Original-Received: from fmsmemgm.homelinux.net (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by pruche.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id r65Ag4Xx005169; Fri, 5 Jul 2013 06:42:05 -0400 Original-Received: by fmsmemgm.homelinux.net (Postfix, from userid 20848) id AF9A5AE0D4; Fri, 5 Jul 2013 06:42:04 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <6b4ca396-4d2b-4719-8b1e-1ef9eb6f5610@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Thu, 4 Jul 2013 16:54:21 -0700 (PDT)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Flag: NO X-NAI-Spam-Threshold: 5 X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV4629=0 X-NAI-Spam-Version: 2.3.0.9362 : core <4629> : streams <994469> : uri <1467613> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x 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:75940 Archived-At: > I don't see anything in the manual that mentions that a menu can take > this form. Dunno whether I am not reading it well enough or the doc is > incomplete. Indeed, vectors are an old format that is deprecated but still supported. They are similar to char-tables (which are supported, on the other hand). > (I do not understand how someone can make such a fundamental change and > not mention it in NEWS. New menu structures are not something that > Emacs adds everyday.) That's because it's a new menu structure, on the contrary. > 2. Beyond that, using vectors here is a PITA for Lisp code. It makes > code that traverses such code difficult, if not impossible. Without > this change to vectors, a simple recursion on a list cdr is all that is > needed. You should probably use `map-keymap' instead. Stefan