Re: creating a sub-menu

[Joost Kremers]

ken wrote:
> Trying to create a sub-menu under "Edit".  Got part of the way there, 
> but still missing something.
>
> (define-key menu-bar-edit-menu [insert-xascii-chars]
>    '(menu-item "Insert non-ASCII characters" xascii
>
>     (xascii  "\C-xaa"   "ä"        "ä` (ä)"          ("ä"))
>     (xascii  "\C-xaA"   "Ä"        "Ä` (Ä)"          ("Ä"))
>     (xascii  "\C-xao"   "ö"        "ö` (ö)"          ("ö"))
>     (xascii  "\C-xaO"   "Ö"        "Ö` (Ö)"          ("Ö"))
>     (xascii  "\C-xau"   "ü"        "ü` (ü)"          ("ü"))
>     (xascii  "\C-xaU"   "Ü"        "Ü` (Ü)"          ("Ü"))
>     (xascii  "\C-xas"   "ß"        "ß` (ß)"          ("ß"))
>     (xascii  "\C-xa<"   "«"        "«` («)"          ("«"))
>     (xascii  "\C-xa>"   "»"        "»` (»)"          ("»"))))
>
> Above yields error:
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument arrayp xascii)

dunno about the error, but if all you want is to easily type German, why
don't you use an input method? `M-x set-input-method latin9-prefix RET'
and you can type "a to get ä, ~s to get ß, ~< to get «, etc.

(info "(emacs) Input Methods") for details.

HTH

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