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diff --git a/doc/lispref/keymaps.texi b/doc/lispref/keymaps.texi index d903d9c5aa6..d886b990dd8 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/keymaps.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/keymaps.texi @@ -2470,9 +2470,13 @@ can do it this way: @cindex menu bar Most window systems allow each frame to have a @dfn{menu bar}---a -permanently displayed menu stretching horizontally across the top of the -frame. The items of the menu bar are the subcommands of the fake -``function key'' @code{menu-bar}, as defined in the active keymaps. +permanently displayed menu stretching horizontally across the top of +the frame. (In order for a frame to display a menu bar, its +@code{menu-bar-lines} parameter must be greater than zero. +@xref{Layout Parameters}.) + + The items of the menu bar are the subcommands of the fake ``function +key'' @code{menu-bar}, as defined in the active keymaps. To add an item to the menu bar, invent a fake ``function key'' of your own (let's call it @var{key}), and make a binding for the key sequence @@ -2490,13 +2494,6 @@ determining the menu bar contents. That is, the menu bar is computed from the keymaps that would be active if @code{overriding-local-map} were @code{nil}. @xref{Active Keymaps}. - In order for a frame to display a menu bar, its @code{menu-bar-lines} -parameter must be greater than zero. Emacs uses just one line for the -menu bar itself; if you specify more than one line, the other lines -serve to separate the menu bar from the windows in the frame. We -recommend 1 or 2 as the value of @code{menu-bar-lines}. @xref{Layout -Parameters}. - Here's an example of setting up a menu bar item: @example @@ -2535,8 +2532,8 @@ bar item: @end example @noindent -@code{edit} is the fake function key used by the global map for the -@samp{Edit} menu bar item. The main reason to suppress a global +Here, @code{edit} is the fake function key used by the global map for +the @samp{Edit} menu bar item. The main reason to suppress a global menu bar item is to regain space for mode-specific items. @defvar menu-bar-final-items @@ -2557,6 +2554,23 @@ advise you to ensure that the functions it calls do not take much time in the usual case. @end defvar +Next to every menu bar item, Emacs displays a key binding that runs +the same command (if such a key binding exists). This serves as a +convenient hint for users who do not know the key binding. If a +command has multiple bindings, Emacs normally displays the first one +it finds. You can specify one particular key binding by assigning an +@code{:advertised-binding} symbol property to the command. For +instance, the following tells Emacs to show @kbd{C-/} for the +@code{undo} menu item: + +@smallexample +(put 'undo :advertised-binding [?\C-/]) +@end smallexample + +@noindent +If the @code{:advertised-binding} property specifies a key binding +that the command does not actually have, it is ignored. + @node Tool Bar @subsection Tool bars @cindex tool bar |