node Menu Bar of Emacs manual

node Menu Bar of Emacs manual

[Drew Adams]

The node says this:

   You can also invoke the first menu bar item by pressing <F10> (to run
   the command `menu-bar-open').  You can then navigate the menus with the
   arrow keys.  You select an item by pressing <RET> and cancel menu
   navigation with <ESC>.

This doesn't seem to be true (in emacs -Q). `C-h k f10' shows this:

  <f10> runs the command #[nil "\300\301!\207"
  [w32-send-sys-command 61696] 2 nil nil]
  which is an interactive compiled Lisp function.
  It is bound to <f10>.
  (anonymous)

  Not documented.

Furthermore, M-x menu-bar-open is not recognized - there does not seem
to be such a command.


In GNU Emacs 22.1.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2007-06-02 on RELEASE
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4) --cflags -Ic:/gnuwin32/include'

Re: node Menu Bar of Emacs manual

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 23:22:31 -0700
> 
> The node says this:
> 
>    You can also invoke the first menu bar item by pressing <F10> (to run
>    the command `menu-bar-open').  You can then navigate the menus with the
>    arrow keys.  You select an item by pressing <RET> and cancel menu
>    navigation with <ESC>.
> 
> This doesn't seem to be true (in emacs -Q). `C-h k f10' shows this:
> 
>   <f10> runs the command #[nil "\300\301!\207"
>   [w32-send-sys-command 61696] 2 nil nil]
>   which is an interactive compiled Lisp function.
>   It is bound to <f10>.
>   (anonymous)
> 
>   Not documented.

Did you actually try typing F10?  If so, are you saying that it didn't
work for you?

RE: node Menu Bar of Emacs manual

[Drew Adams]

> > The node says this:
> >
> >    You can also invoke the first menu bar item by pressing <F10> (to run
> >    the command `menu-bar-open').  You can then navigate the
> >    menus with the arrow keys.  You select an item by pressing <RET> and
> >    cancel menu navigation with <ESC>.
> >
> > This doesn't seem to be true (in emacs -Q). `C-h k f10' shows this:
> >
> >   <f10> runs the command #[nil "\300\301!\207"
> >   [w32-send-sys-command 61696] 2 nil nil]
> >   which is an interactive compiled Lisp function.
> >   It is bound to <f10>.
> >   (anonymous)
> >
> >   Not documented.
>
> Did you actually try typing F10?

Yes.

> If so, are you saying that it didn't work for you?

I am not saying that f10 does not work. I am saying that the doc is
incorrect or unclear - this is a doc bug report.

You did not quote this part of the bug report:

> > Furthermore, M-x menu-bar-open is not recognized - there does
> > not seem to be such a command.

The doc says that f10 is bound to a particular command, and that command
does not exist. The doc needs to be corrected.

Re: node Menu Bar of Emacs manual

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Cc: <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
> Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 13:56:20 -0700
> 
> I am not saying that f10 does not work. I am saying that the doc is
> incorrect or unclear - this is a doc bug report.

Thanks for the clarification, I prefer to fix the code to do what the
doc says.

RE: node Menu Bar of Emacs manual

[Drew Adams]

> > I am not saying that f10 does not work. I am saying that the doc is
> > incorrect or unclear - this is a doc bug report.
> 
> Thanks for the clarification, I prefer to fix the code to do what the
> doc says.

That's OK too. Either way, just so the doc reflects the product.

Re: node Menu Bar of Emacs manual

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 06:08:07 +0300
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
> Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> 
> > From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> > Cc: <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
> > Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 13:56:20 -0700
> > 
> > I am not saying that f10 does not work. I am saying that the doc is
> > incorrect or unclear - this is a doc bug report.
> 
> Thanks for the clarification, I prefer to fix the code to do what the
> doc says.

Done.

As a side-effect, you can now activate the menu bar on a frame other
than the currently selected one, as menu-bar-open allows that.