Re: C-l while in menu?

[Jan D.]

Pavel Janík wrote:
> To say the truth, I could not find the key that pop-up the menu in
> XEmacs :-( I can not download newer version of XEmacs, because I'm at home
> these days (illness, slow and rather expensive Internet connection). I've
> tested xemacs-21.5.5.tar.gz but I did not find it :-( Can anyone help me
> with this?

I tried, but could not find any key.  F10 is certainly not it.

> ;-) I have already wrote that to xlwmenu.c as FIXME:
>
> /* FIXME: Should F10 enter to menu?  Which one?  File?  */

Motif marks/activates the first menu (File) but doesn't open it.  You 
have to do arrow down to open it.  That way one can navigate the top 
level menus (File, Edit and so on) without opening them.


> 1. This is mainly about Options menu. Do you agree with it?
>
> /* FIXME: Space should toggle toggleable menu item but not remove the menu
>    so you can toggle the next one without entering the menu again.  */

Agree.

> 2. Some GUI programs use ESC to get rid of the whole menu, some use it to
>    get rid of the last pane of sub menus. What should we do. I have chosen
>    the first one, because Left can be used to get the second one. OK?
>
> /* FIXME: Should ESC close one level of menu structure or the complete menu?  */

Gtk: Closes whole structure.
KDE + Motif: Closes one level.

I prefer one level.

> 3. I see that many of developers think that `yes' is the correct answer to
> this question ;-)
>
> /* FIXME: Should F10 enter to menu?  Which one?  File?  */

See above.

> 4.  This issue is pure FIXME, I hope that Jan will do that.


This is in CVS now.  You might want to recompile and test again, some 
behaviour may have changed.  For example, previously all Alt-key where 
swallowed by the window manager on my system, now they are passed to the 
menu.

        Jan D.