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Improve the lexical scoping in #'block, #'return-from.
lisp/ChangeLog addition:
2011-02-07 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
* bytecomp.el:
* bytecomp.el (byte-compile-initial-macro-environment):
Shadow `block', `return-from' here, we implement them differently
when byte-compiling.
* bytecomp.el (byte-compile-active-blocks): New.
* bytecomp.el (byte-compile-block-1): New.
* bytecomp.el (byte-compile-return-from-1): New.
* bytecomp.el (return-from-1): New.
* bytecomp.el (block-1): New.
These are two aliases that exist to have their own associated
byte-compile functions, which functions implement `block' and
`return-from'.
* cl-extra.el (cl-macroexpand-all):
Fix a bug here when macros in the environment have been compiled.
* cl-macs.el (block):
* cl-macs.el (return):
* cl-macs.el (return-from):
Be more careful about lexical scope in these macros.
* cl.el:
* cl.el ('cl-block-wrapper): Removed.
* cl.el ('cl-block-throw): Removed.
These aren't needed in code generated by this XEmacs. They
shouldn't be needed in code generated by XEmacs 21.4, but if it
turns out the packages do need them, we can put them back.
2011-01-30 Mike Sperber <mike@xemacs.org>
* font-lock.el (font-lock-fontify-pending-extents): Don't fail if
`font-lock-mode' is unset, which can happen in the middle of
`revert-buffer'.
2011-01-23 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
* cl-macs.el (delete):
* cl-macs.el (delq):
* cl-macs.el (remove):
* cl-macs.el (remq):
Don't use the compiler macro if these functions were given the
wrong number of arguments, as happens in lisp-tests.el.
* cl-seq.el (remove, remq): Removed.
I added these to subr.el, and forgot to remove them from here.
2011-01-22 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
* bytecomp.el (byte-compile-setq, byte-compile-set):
Remove kludge allowing keywords' values to be set, all the code
that does that is gone.
* cl-compat.el (elt-satisfies-test-p):
* faces.el (set-face-parent):
* faces.el (face-doc-string):
* gtk-font-menu.el:
* gtk-font-menu.el (gtk-reset-device-font-menus):
* msw-font-menu.el:
* msw-font-menu.el (mswindows-reset-device-font-menus):
* package-get.el (package-get-installedp):
* select.el (select-convert-from-image-data):
* sound.el:
* sound.el (load-sound-file):
* x-font-menu.el (x-reset-device-font-menus-core):
Don't quote keywords, they're self-quoting, and the
win from backward-compatibility is sufficiently small now that the
style problem overrides it.
2011-01-22 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
* cl-macs.el (block, return-from): Require that NAME be a symbol
in these macros, as always documented in the #'block docstring and
as required by Common Lisp.
* descr-text.el (unidata-initialize-unihan-database):
Correct the use of non-symbols in #'block and #'return-from in
this function.
2011-01-15 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
* cl-extra.el (concatenate): Accept more complicated TYPEs in this
function, handing the sequences over to #'coerce if we don't
understand them here.
* cl-macs.el (inline): Don't proclaim #'concatenate as inline, its
compiler macro is more useful than doing that.
2011-01-11 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
* subr.el (delete, delq, remove, remq): Move #'remove, #'remq
here, they don't belong in cl-seq.el; move #'delete, #'delq here
from fns.c, implement them in terms of #'delete*, allowing support
for sequences generally.
* update-elc.el (do-autoload-commands): Use #'delete*, not #'delq
here, now the latter's no longer dumped.
* cl-macs.el (delete, delq): Add compiler macros transforming
#'delete and #'delq to #'delete* calls.
2011-01-10 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
* dialog.el (make-dialog-box): Correct a misplaced parenthesis
here, thank you Mats Lidell in 87zkr9gqrh.fsf@mail.contactor.se !
2011-01-02 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
* dialog.el (make-dialog-box):
* list-mode.el (display-completion-list):
These functions used to use cl-parsing-keywords; change them to
use defun* instead, fixing the build. (Not sure what led to me
not including this change in d1b17a33450b!)
2011-01-02 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
* cl-macs.el (define-star-compiler-macros):
Make sure the form has ITEM and LIST specified before attempting
to change to calls with explicit tests; necessary for some tests
in lisp-tests.el to compile correctly.
(stable-union, stable-intersection): Add compiler macros for these
functions, in the same way we do for most of the other functions
in cl-seq.el.
2011-01-01 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
* cl-macs.el (dolist, dotimes, do-symbols, macrolet)
(symbol-macrolet):
Define these macros with defmacro* instead of parsing the argument
list by hand, for the sake of style and readability; use backquote
where appropriate, instead of calling #'list and and friends, for
the same reason.
2010-12-30 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
* x-misc.el (device-x-display):
Provide this function, documented in the Lispref for years, but
not existing previously. Thank you Julian Bradfield, thank you
Jeff Mincy.
2010-12-30 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
* cl-seq.el:
Move the heavy lifting from this file to C. Dump the
cl-parsing-keywords macro, but don't use defun* for the functions
we define that do take keywords, dynamic scope lossage makes that
not practical.
* subr.el (sort, fillarray): Move these aliases here.
(map-plist): #'nsublis is now built-in, but at this point #'eql
isn't necessarily available as a test; use #'eq.
* obsolete.el (cl-delete-duplicates): Make this available for old
compiler macros and old code.
(memql): Document that this is equivalent to #'member*, and worse.
* cl.el (adjoin, subst): Removed. These are in C.
2010-12-30 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
* simple.el (assoc-ignore-case): Remove a duplicate definition of
this function (it's already in subr.el).
* iso8859-1.el (char-width):
On non-Mule, make this function equivalent to that produced by
(constantly 1), but preserve its docstring.
* subr.el (subst-char-in-string): Define this in terms of
#'substitute, #'nsubstitute.
(string-width): Define this using #'reduce and #'char-width.
(char-width): Give this a simpler definition, it makes far more
sense to check for mule at load time and redefine, as we do in
iso8859-1.el.
(store-substring): Implement this in terms of #'replace, now
#'replace is cheap.
2010-12-30 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
* update-elc.el (lisp-files-needed-for-byte-compilation)
(lisp-files-needing-early-byte-compilation):
cl-macs belongs in the former, not the latter, it is as
fundamental as bytecomp.el.
2010-12-30 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
* cl.el:
Provde the Common Lisp program-error, type-error as error
symbols. This doesn't nearly go far enough for anyone using the
Common Lisp errors.
2010-12-29 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
* cl-macs.el (delete-duplicates):
If the form has an incorrect number of arguments, don't attempt a
compiler macroexpansion.
2010-12-29 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
* cl-macs.el (cl-safe-expr-p):
Forms that start with the symbol lambda are also safe.
2010-12-29 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
* cl-macs.el (= < > <= >=):
For these functions' compiler macros, the optimisation is safe
even if the first and the last arguments have side effects, since
they're only used the once.
2010-12-29 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
* cl-macs.el (inline-side-effect-free-compiler-macros):
Unroll a loop here at macro-expansion time, so these compiler
macros are compiled. Use #'eql instead of #'eq in a couple of
places for better style.
2010-12-29 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
* cl-extra.el (notany, notevery): Avoid some dynamic scope
stupidity with local variable names in these functions, when they
weren't prefixed with cl-; go into some more detail in the doc
strings.
2010-12-29 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
* byte-optimize.el (side-effect-free-fns): #'remove, #'remq are
free of side-effects.
(side-effect-and-error-free-fns):
Drop dot, dot-marker from the list.
2010-11-17 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
* cl-extra.el (coerce):
In the argument list, name the first argument OBJECT, not X; the
former name was always used in the doc string and is clearer.
Handle vector type specifications which include the length of the
target sequence, error if there's a mismatch.
* cl-macs.el (cl-make-type-test): Handle type specifications
starting with the symbol 'eql.
2010-11-14 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
* cl-macs.el (eql): Don't remove the byte-compile property of this
symbol. That was necessary to override a bug in bytecomp.el where
#'eql was confused with #'eq, which bug we no longer have.
If neither expression is constant, don't attempt to handle the
expression in this compiler macro, leave it to byte-compile-eql,
which produces better code anyway.
* bytecomp.el (eq): #'eql is not the function associated with the
byte-eq byte code.
(byte-compile-eql): Add an explicit compile method for this
function, for cases where the cl-macs compiler macro hasn't
reduced it to #'eq or #'equal.
2010-10-25 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
Add compiler macros and compilation sanity-checking for various
functions that take keywords.
* byte-optimize.el (side-effect-free-fns): #'symbol-value is
side-effect free and not error free.
* bytecomp.el (byte-compile-normal-call): Check keyword argument
lists for sanity; store information about the positions where
keyword arguments start using the new byte-compile-keyword-start
property.
* cl-macs.el (cl-const-expr-val): Take a new optional argument,
cl-not-constant, defaulting to nil, in this function; return it if
the expression is not constant.
(cl-non-fixnum-number-p): Make this into a separate function, we
want to pass it to #'every.
(eql): Use it.
(define-star-compiler-macros): Use the same code to generate the
member*, assoc* and rassoc* compiler macros; special-case some
code in #'add-to-list in subr.el.
(remove, remq): Add compiler macros for these two functions, in
preparation for #'remove being in C.
(define-foo-if-compiler-macros): Transform (remove-if-not ...) calls to
(remove ... :if-not) at compile time, which will be a real win
once the latter is in C.
(define-substitute-if-compiler-macros)
(define-subst-if-compiler-macros): Similarly for these functions.
(delete-duplicates): Change this compiler macro to use
#'plists-equal; if we don't have information about the type of
SEQUENCE at compile time, don't bother attempting to inline the
call, the function will be in C soon enough.
(equalp): Remove an old commented-out compiler macro for this, if
we want to see it it's in version control.
(subst-char-in-string): Transform this to a call to nsubstitute or
nsubstitute, if that is appropriate.
* cl.el (ldiff): Don't call setf here, this makes for a load-time
dependency problem in cl-macs.el
2010-06-14 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@xemacs.org>
* term/vt100.el:
Refer to XEmacs, not GNU Emacs, in permissions.
* term/bg-mouse.el:
* term/sup-mouse.el:
Put copyright notice in canonical "Copyright DATE AUTHOR" form.
Refer to XEmacs, not GNU Emacs, in permissions.
* site-load.el:
Add permission boilerplate.
* mule/canna-leim.el:
* alist.el:
Refer to XEmacs, not APEL/this program, in permissions.
* mule/canna-leim.el:
Remove my copyright, I've assigned it to the FSF.
2010-06-14 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@xemacs.org>
* gtk.el:
* gtk-widget-accessors.el:
* gtk-package.el:
* gtk-marshal.el:
* gtk-compose.el:
* gnome.el:
Add copyright notice based on internal evidence.
2010-06-14 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@xemacs.org>
* easymenu.el: Add reference to COPYING to permission notice.
* gutter.el:
* gutter-items.el:
* menubar-items.el:
Fix typo "Xmacs" in permissions notice.
2010-06-14 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@xemacs.org>
* auto-save.el:
* font.el:
* fontconfig.el:
* mule/kinsoku.el:
Add "part of XEmacs" text to permission notice.
2010-10-14 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
* byte-optimize.el (side-effect-free-fns):
* cl-macs.el (remf, getf):
* cl-extra.el (tailp, cl-set-getf, cl-do-remf):
* cl.el (ldiff, endp):
Tighten up Common Lisp compatibility for #'ldiff, #'endp, #'tailp;
add circularity checking for the first two.
#'cl-set-getf and #'cl-do-remf were Lisp implementations of
#'plist-put and #'plist-remprop; change the names to aliases,
changes the macros that use them to using #'plist-put and
#'plist-remprop directly.
2010-10-12 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
* abbrev.el (fundamental-mode-abbrev-table, global-abbrev-table):
Create both these abbrev tables using the usual
#'define-abbrev-table calls, rather than attempting to
special-case them.
* cl-extra.el: Force cl-macs to be loaded here, if cl-extra.el is
being loaded interpreted. Previously other, later files would
redundantly call (load "cl-macs") when interpreted, it's more
reasonable to do it here, once.
* cmdloop.el (read-quoted-char-radix): Use defcustom here, we
don't have any dump-order dependencies that would prevent that.
* custom.el (eval-when-compile): Don't load cl-macs when
interpreted or when byte-compiling, rely on cl-extra.el in the
former case and the appropriate entry in bytecomp-load-hook in the
latter. Get rid of custom-declare-variable-list, we have no
dump-time dependencies that would require it.
* faces.el (eval-when-compile): Don't load cl-macs when
interpreted or when byte-compiling.
* packages.el: Remove some inaccurate comments.
* post-gc.el (cleanup-simple-finalizers): Use #'delete-if-not
here, now the order of preloaded-file-list has been changed to
make it available.
* subr.el (custom-declare-variable-list): Remove. No need for it.
Also remove a stub define-abbrev-table from this file, given the
current order of preloaded-file-list there's no need for it.
2010-10-10 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
* bytecomp.el (byte-compile-constp) Forms quoted with FUNCTION are
also constant.
(byte-compile-initial-macro-environment): In #'the, if FORM is
constant and does not match TYPE, warn at byte-compile time.
2010-10-10 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
* backquote.el (bq-vector-contents, bq-list*): Remove; the former
is equivalent to (append VECTOR nil), the latter to (list* ...).
(bq-process-2): Use (append VECTOR nil) instead of using
#'bq-vector-contents to convert to a list.
(bq-process-1): Now we use list* instead of bq-list
* subr.el (list*): Moved from cl.el, since it is now required to
be available the first time a backquoted form is encountered.
* cl.el (list*): Move to subr.el.
2010-09-16 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
* test-harness.el (Check-Message):
Add an omitted comma here, thank you the buildbot.
2010-09-16 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
* hash-table.el (hash-table-key-list, hash-table-value-list)
(hash-table-key-value-alist, hash-table-key-value-plist):
Remove some useless #'nreverse calls in these files; our hash
tables have no order, it's not helpful to pretend they do.
* behavior.el (read-behavior):
Do the same in this file, in some code evidently copied from
hash-table.el.
2010-09-16 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
* info.el (Info-insert-dir):
* format.el (format-deannotate-region):
* files.el (cd, save-buffers-kill-emacs):
Use #'some, #'every and related functions for applying boolean
operations to lists, instead of rolling our own ones that cons and
don't short-circuit.
2010-09-16 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
* bytecomp.el (byte-compile-initial-macro-environment):
* cl-macs.el (the):
Rephrase the docstring, make its implementation when compiling
files a little nicer.
2010-09-16 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
* descr-text.el (unidata-initialize-unicodedata-database)
(unidata-initialize-unihan-database, describe-char-unicode-data)
(describe-char-unicode-data):
Wrap calls to the database functions with (with-fboundp ...),
avoiding byte compile warnings on builds without support for the
database functions.
(describe-char): (reduce #'max ...), not (apply #'max ...), no
need to cons needlessly.
(describe-char): Remove a redundant lambda wrapping
#'extent-properties.
(describe-char-unicode-data): Call #'nsubst when replacing "" with
nil in the result of #'split-string, instead of consing inside
mapcar.
2010-09-16 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
* x-faces.el (x-available-font-sizes):
* specifier.el (let-specifier):
* package-ui.el (pui-add-required-packages):
* msw-faces.el (mswindows-available-font-sizes):
* modeline.el (modeline-minor-mode-menu):
* minibuf.el (minibuf-directory-files):
Replace the O2N (delq nil (mapcar (lambda (W) (and X Y)) Z)) with
the ON (mapcan (lambda (W) (and X (list Y))) Z) in these files.
2010-09-16 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
* cl-macs.el (= < > <= >=):
When these functions are handed more than two arguments, and those
arguments have no side effects, transform to a series of two
argument calls, avoiding funcall in the byte-compiled code.
* mule/mule-cmds.el (finish-set-language-environment):
Take advantage of this change in a function called 256 times at
startup.
2010-09-16 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
* bytecomp.el (byte-compile-function-form, byte-compile-quote)
(byte-compile-quote-form):
Warn at compile time, and error at runtime, if a (quote ...) or a
(function ...) form attempts to quote more than one object.
2010-09-16 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
* byte-optimize.el (byte-optimize-apply): Transform (apply 'nconc
(mapcar ...)) to (mapcan ...); warn about use of the first idiom.
* update-elc.el (do-autoload-commands):
* packages.el (packages-find-package-library-path):
* frame.el (frame-list):
* extents.el (extent-descendants):
* etags.el (buffer-tag-table-files):
* dumped-lisp.el (preloaded-file-list):
* device.el (device-list):
* bytecomp-runtime.el (proclaim-inline, proclaim-notinline)
Use #'mapcan, not (apply #'nconc (mapcar ...) in all these files.
* bytecomp-runtime.el (eval-when-compile, eval-and-compile):
In passing, mention that these macros also evaluate the body when
interpreted.
tests/ChangeLog addition:
2011-02-07 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
* automated/lisp-tests.el:
Test lexical scope for `block', `return-from'; add a
Known-Bug-Expect-Failure for a contorted example that fails when
byte-compiled.
author | Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> |
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date | Mon, 07 Feb 2011 12:01:24 +0000 |
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@c -*-texinfo-*- @c This is part of the XEmacs Lisp Reference Manual. @c Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc. @c Copyright (C) 1995 Sun Microsystems. @c See the file lispref.texi for copying conditions. @setfilename ../../info/menu.info @node Menus, Dialog Boxes, Keymaps, Top @chapter Menus @cindex menu @menu * Menu Format:: Format of a menu description. * Menubar Format:: How to specify a menubar. * Menubar:: Functions for controlling the menubar. * Modifying Menus:: Modifying a menu description. * Pop-Up Menus:: Functions for specifying pop-up menus. * Menu Filters:: Filter functions for the default menubar. * Menu Accelerators:: Using and controlling menu accelerator keys * Buffers Menu:: The menu that displays the list of buffers. @end menu @node Menu Format @section Format of Menus @cindex menu format @cindex format of menus A menu is described using a @dfn{menu description}, which is a list of menu items, keyword-value pairs, strings, and submenus. The menu description specifies which items are present in the menu, what function each item invokes, and whether the item is selectable or not. Pop-up menus are directly described with a menu description, while menubars are described slightly differently (see below). The first element of a menu must be a string, which is the name of the menu. This is the string that will be displayed in the parent menu or menubar, if any. This string is not displayed in the menu itself, except in the case of the top level pop-up menu, where there is no parent. In this case, the string will be displayed at the top of the menu if @code{popup-menu-titles} is non-@code{nil}. Immediately following the first element there may optionally be up to four keyword-value pairs, as follows: @table @code @item :included @var{form} This can be used to control the visibility of a menu. The form is evaluated and the menu will be omitted if the result is @code{nil}. @item :config @var{symbol} This is an efficient shorthand for @code{:included (memq @var{symbol} menubar-configuration)}. See the variable @code{menubar-configuration}. @item :filter @var{function} A menu filter is used to sensitize or incrementally create a submenu only when it is selected by the user and not every time the menubar is activated. The filter function is passed the list of menu items in the submenu and must return a list of menu items to be used for the menu. It is called only when the menu is about to be displayed, so other menus may already be displayed. Vile and terrible things will happen if a menu filter function changes the current buffer, window, or frame. It also should not raise, lower, or iconify any frames. Basically, the filter function should have no side-effects. @item :accelerator @var{key} A menu accelerator is a keystroke which can be pressed while the menu is visible which will immediately activate the item. @var{key} must be a char or the symbol name of a key. @xref{Menu Accelerators}. @end table The rest of the menu consists of elements as follows: @itemize @bullet @item A @dfn{menu item}, which is a vector in the following form: @example @code{[ @var{name} @var{callback} @var{:keyword} @var{value} @var{:keyword} @var{value} ... ]} @end example @var{name} is a string, the name of the menu item; it is the string to display on the menu. It is filtered through the resource database, so it is possible for resources to override what string is actually displayed. @var{callback} is a form that will be invoked when the menu item is selected. If the callback of a menu item is a symbol, then it must name a command. It will be invoked with @code{call-interactively}. If it is a list, then it is evaluated with @code{eval}. The valid keywords and their meanings are described below. Note that for compatibility purposes, the form @example @code{[ @var{name} @var{callback} @var{active-p} ]} @end example is also accepted and is equivalent to @example @code{[ @var{name} @var{callback} :active @var{active-p} ]} @end example and the form @example @code{[ @var{name} @var{callback} @var{active-p} @var{suffix}]} @end example is accepted and is equivalent to @example @code{[ @var{name} @var{callback} :active @var{active-p} :suffix @var{suffix}]} @end example However, these older forms are deprecated and should generally not be used. @item If an element of a menu is a string, then that string will be presented in the menu as unselectable text. @item If an element of a menu is a string consisting solely of hyphens, then that item will be presented as a solid horizontal line. @item If an element of a menu is a string beginning with @samp{--:}, then a particular sort of horizontal line will be displayed, as follows: @table @samp @item "--:singleLine" A solid horizontal line. This is equivalent to a string consisting solely of hyphens. @item "--:doubleLine" A solid double horizontal line. @item "--:singleDashedLine" A dashed horizontal line. @item "--:doubleDashedLine" A dashed double horizontal line. @item "--:noLine" No line (but a small space is left). @item "--:shadowEtchedIn" A solid horizontal line with a 3-d recessed appearance. @item "--:shadowEtchedOut" A solid horizontal line with a 3-d pushed-out appearance. @item "--:shadowDoubleEtchedIn" A solid double horizontal line with a 3-d recessed appearance. @item "--:shadowDoubleEtchedOut" A solid double horizontal line with a 3-d pushed-out appearance. @item "--:shadowEtchedInDash" A dashed horizontal line with a 3-d recessed appearance. @item "--:shadowEtchedOutDash" A dashed horizontal line with a 3-d pushed-out appearance. @item "--:shadowDoubleEtchedInDash" A dashed double horizontal line with a 3-d recessed appearance. @item "--:shadowDoubleEtchedOutDash" A dashed double horizontal line with a 3-d pushed-out appearance. @end table @item If an element of a menu is a list, it is treated as a submenu. The name of that submenu (the first element in the list) will be used as the name of the item representing this menu on the parent. @end itemize The possible keywords are as follows: @table @asis @item :active @var{form} @var{form} will be evaluated when the menu that this item is a part of is about to be displayed, and the item will be selectable only if the result is non-@code{nil}. If the item is unselectable, it will usually be displayed grayed-out to indicate this. @item :suffix @var{form} @var{form} will be evaluated when the menu that this item is a part of is about to be displayed, and the resulting string is appended to the displayed name. This provides a convenient way of adding the name of a command's ``argument'' to the menu, like @samp{Kill Buffer NAME}. @item :keys @var{string} Normally, the keyboard equivalents of commands in menus are displayed when the ``callback'' is a symbol. This can be used to specify keys for more complex menu items. It is passed through @code{substitute-command-keys} first. @item :style @var{style} Specifies what kind of object this menu item is. @var{style} be one of the symbols @table @code @item nil A normal menu item. @item toggle A toggle button. @item radio A radio button. @item button A menubar button. @end table The only difference between toggle and radio buttons is how they are displayed. But for consistency, a toggle button should be used when there is one option whose value can be turned on or off, and radio buttons should be used when there is a set of mutually exclusive options. When using a group of radio buttons, you should arrange for no more than one to be marked as selected at a time. @item :selected @var{form} Meaningful only when @var{style} is @code{toggle}, @code{radio} or @code{button}. This specifies whether the button will be in the selected or unselected state. @var{form} is evaluated, as for @code{:active}. @item :included @var{form} This can be used to control the visibility of a menu item. The form is evaluated and the menu item is only displayed if the result is non-@code{nil}. Note that this is different from @code{:active}: If @code{:active} evaluates to @code{nil}, the item will be displayed grayed out, while if @code{:included} evaluates to @code{nil}, the item will be omitted entirely. @item :config @var{symbol} This is an efficient shorthand for @code{:included (memq @var{symbol} menubar-configuration)}. See the variable @code{menubar-configuration}. @item :accelerator @var{key} A menu accelerator is a keystroke which can be pressed while the menu is visible which will immediately activate the item. @var{key} must be a char or the symbol name of a key. @xref{Menu Accelerators}. @end table @defvar menubar-configuration This variable holds a list of symbols, against which the value of the @code{:config} tag for each menubar item will be compared. If a menubar item has a @code{:config} tag, then it is omitted from the menubar if that tag is not a member of the @code{menubar-configuration} list. @end defvar For example: @example ("File" :filter file-menu-filter ; file-menu-filter is a function that takes ; one argument (a list of menu items) and ; returns a list of menu items [ "Save As..." write-file] [ "Revert Buffer" revert-buffer :active (buffer-modified-p) ] [ "Read Only" toggle-read-only :style toggle :selected buffer-read-only ] ) @end example @node Menubar Format @section Format of the Menubar @cindex menubar format @cindex format of the menubar A menubar is a list of menus, menu items, and strings. The format is similar to that of a menu, except: @itemize @bullet @item The first item need not be a string, and is not treated specially. @item A string consisting solely of hyphens is not treated specially. @item If an element of a menubar is @code{nil}, then it is used to represent the division between the set of menubar items which are flush-left and those which are flush-right. (Note: this isn't completely implemented yet.) @end itemize @node Menubar @section Menubar @cindex menubar @defvar current-menubar This variable holds the description of the current menubar. This may be buffer-local. When the menubar is changed, the function @code{set-menubar-dirty-flag} has to be called in order for the menubar to be updated on the screen. @end defvar @defvr Constant default-menubar This variable holds the menubar description of the menubar that is visible at startup. This is the value that @code{current-menubar} has at startup. @end defvr @defun set-menubar-dirty-flag This function tells XEmacs that the menubar widget has to be updated. Changes to the menubar will generally not be visible until this function is called. @end defun The following convenience functions are provided for setting the menubar. They are equivalent to doing the appropriate action to change @code{current-menubar}, and then calling @code{set-menubar-dirty-flag}. Note that these functions copy their argument using @code{copy-sequence}. @defun set-menubar menubar This function sets the default menubar to be @var{menubar} (@pxref{Menu Format}). This is the menubar that will be visible in buffers that have not defined their own, buffer-local menubar. @end defun @defun set-buffer-menubar menubar This function sets the buffer-local menubar to be @var{menubar}. This does not change the menubar in any buffers other than the current one. @end defun Miscellaneous: @defvar menubar-show-keybindings If true, the menubar will display keyboard equivalents. If false, only the command names will be displayed. @end defvar @defvar activate-menubar-hook Function or functions called before a menubar menu is pulled down. These functions are called with no arguments, and should interrogate and modify the value of @code{current-menubar} as desired. The functions on this hook are invoked after the mouse goes down, but before the menu is mapped, and may be used to activate, deactivate, add, or delete items from the menus. However, using a filter (with the @code{:filter} keyword in a menu description) is generally a more efficient way of accomplishing the same thing, because the filter is invoked only when the actual menu goes down. With a complex menu, there can be a quite noticeable and sometimes aggravating delay if all menu modification is implemented using the @code{activate-menubar-hook}. See above. These functions may return the symbol @code{t} to assert that they have made no changes to the menubar. If any other value is returned, the menubar is recomputed. If @code{t} is returned but the menubar has been changed, then the changes may not show up right away. Returning @code{nil} when the menubar has not changed is not so bad; more computation will be done, but redisplay of the menubar will still be performed optimally. @end defvar @defvar menu-no-selection-hook Function or functions to call when a menu or dialog box is dismissed without a selection having been made. @end defvar @node Modifying Menus @section Modifying Menus The following functions are provided to modify the menubar of one of its submenus. Note that these functions modify the menu in-place, rather than copying it and making a new menu. Some of these functions take a @dfn{menu path}, which is a list of strings identifying the menu to be modified. For example, @code{("File")} names the top-level ``File'' menu. @code{("File" "Foo")} names a hypothetical submenu of ``File''. Others take a @dfn{menu item path}, which is similar to a menu path but also specifies a particular item to be modified. For example, @code{("File" "Save")} means the menu item called ``Save'' under the top-level ``File'' menu. @code{("Menu" "Foo" "Item")} means the menu item called ``Item'' under the ``Foo'' submenu of ``Menu''. @defun add-submenu menu-path submenu &optional before in-menu This function adds a menu to the menubar or one of its submenus. If the named menu exists already, it is changed. @var{menu-path} identifies the menu under which the new menu should be inserted. If @var{menu-path} is @code{nil}, then the menu will be added to the menubar itself. @var{submenu} is the new menu to add (@pxref{Menu Format}). @var{before}, if provided, is the name of a menu before which this menu should be added, if this menu is not on its parent already. If the menu is already present, it will not be moved. If @var{in-menu} is present use that instead of @code{current-menubar} as the menu to change. @end defun @defun add-menu-button menu-path menu-leaf &optional before in-menu This function adds a menu item to some menu, creating the menu first if necessary. If the named item exists already, it is changed. @var{menu-path} identifies the menu under which the new menu item should be inserted. @var{menu-leaf} is a menubar leaf node (@pxref{Menu Format}). @var{before}, if provided, is the name of a menu before which this item should be added, if this item is not on the menu already. If the item is already present, it will not be moved. If @var{in-menu} is present use that instead of @code{current-menubar} as the menu to change. @end defun @defun delete-menu-item menu-item-path &optional from-menu This function removes the menu item specified by @var{menu-item-path} from the menu hierarchy. If @var{from-menu} is present use that instead of @code{current-menubar} as the menu to change. @end defun @defun enable-menu-item menu-item-path This function makes the menu item specified by @var{menu-item-path} be selectable. @end defun @defun disable-menu-item menu-item-path This function makes the menu item specified by @var{menu-item-path} be unselectable. @end defun @defun relabel-menu-item menu-item-path new-name This function changes the string of the menu item specified by @var{menu-item-path}. @var{new-name} is the string that the menu item will be printed as from now on. @end defun The following function can be used to search for a particular item in a menubar specification, given a path to the item. @defun find-menu-item menubar menu-item-path &optional parent This function searches @var{menubar} for the item given by @var{menu-item-path} starting from @var{parent} (@code{nil} means start at the top of @var{menubar}). This function returns @code{(@var{item} . @var{parent})}, where @var{parent} is the immediate parent of the item found (a menu description), and @var{item} is either a vector, list, or string, depending on the nature of the menu item. This function signals an error if the item is not found. @end defun The following deprecated functions are also documented, so that existing code can be understood. You should not use these functions in new code. @defun add-menu menu-path menu-name menu-items &optional before This function adds a menu to the menubar or one of its submenus. If the named menu exists already, it is changed. This is obsolete; use @code{add-submenu} instead. @var{menu-path} identifies the menu under which the new menu should be inserted. If @var{menu-path} is @code{nil}, then the menu will be added to the menubar itself. @var{menu-name} is the string naming the menu to be added; @var{menu-items} is a list of menu items, strings, and submenus. These two arguments are the same as the first and following elements of a menu description (@pxref{Menu Format}). @var{before}, if provided, is the name of a menu before which this menu should be added, if this menu is not on its parent already. If the menu is already present, it will not be moved. @end defun @defun add-menu-item menu-path item-name function enabled-p &optional before This function adds a menu item to some menu, creating the menu first if necessary. If the named item exists already, it is changed. This is obsolete; use @code{add-menu-button} instead. @var{menu-path} identifies the menu under which the new menu item should be inserted. @var{item-name}, @var{function}, and @var{enabled-p} are the first, second, and third elements of a menu item vector (@pxref{Menu Format}). @var{before}, if provided, is the name of a menu item before which this item should be added, if this item is not on the menu already. If the item is already present, it will not be moved. @end defun @node Menu Filters @section Menu Filters @cindex menu filters The following filter functions are provided for use in @code{default-menubar}. You may want to use them in your own menubar description. @defun file-menu-filter menu-items This function changes the arguments and sensitivity of these File menu items: @table @samp @item Delete Buffer Has the name of the current buffer appended to it. @item Print Buffer Has the name of the current buffer appended to it. @item Pretty-Print Buffer Has the name of the current buffer appended to it. @item Save Buffer Has the name of the current buffer appended to it, and is sensitive only when the current buffer is modified. @item Revert Buffer Has the name of the current buffer appended to it, and is sensitive only when the current buffer has a file. @item Delete Frame Sensitive only when there is more than one visible frame. @end table @end defun @defun edit-menu-filter menu-items This function changes the arguments and sensitivity of these Edit menu items: @table @samp @item Cut Sensitive only when XEmacs owns the primary X Selection (if @code{zmacs-regions} is @code{t}, this is equivalent to saying that there is a region selected). @item Copy Sensitive only when XEmacs owns the primary X Selection. @item Clear Sensitive only when XEmacs owns the primary X Selection. @item Paste Sensitive only when there is an owner for the X Clipboard Selection. @item Undo Sensitive only when there is undo information. While in the midst of an undo, this is changed to @samp{Undo More}. @end table @end defun @defun buffers-menu-filter menu-items This function sets up the Buffers menu. @xref{Buffers Menu}, for more information. @end defun @node Pop-Up Menus @section Pop-Up Menus @cindex pop-up menu @defun popup-menu menu-description &optional event This function pops up a menu specified by @var{menu-description}, which is a menu description (@pxref{Menu Format}). The menu is displayed at the current mouse position. @end defun @defun popup-menu-up-p This function returns @code{t} if a pop-up menu is up, @code{nil} otherwise. @end defun @defvar popup-menu-titles If true (the default), pop-up menus will have title bars at the top. @end defvar Some machinery is provided that attempts to provide a higher-level mechanism onto pop-up menus. This only works if you do not redefine the binding for button3. @deffn Command popup-mode-menu This function pops up a menu of global and mode-specific commands. The menu is computed by combining @code{global-popup-menu} and @code{mode-popup-menu}. This is the default binding for button3. You should generally not change this binding. @end deffn @defvar global-popup-menu This holds the global popup menu. This is present in all modes. (This is @code{nil} by default.) @end defvar @defvar mode-popup-menu The mode-specific popup menu. Automatically buffer local. This is appended to the default items in @code{global-popup-menu}. @end defvar @defvr Constant default-popup-menu This holds the default value of @code{mode-popup-menu}. @end defvr @defvar activate-popup-menu-hook Function or functions run before a mode-specific popup menu is made visible. These functions are called with no arguments, and should interrogate and modify the value of @code{global-popup-menu} or @code{mode-popup-menu} as desired. Note: this hook is only run if you use @code{popup-mode-menu} for activating the global and mode-specific commands; if you have your own binding for button3, this hook won't be run. @end defvar The following convenience functions are provided for displaying pop-up menus. @deffn Command popup-buffer-menu event This function pops up a copy of the @samp{Buffers} menu (from the menubar) where the mouse is clicked. It should be bound to a mouse button event. @end deffn @deffn Command popup-menubar-menu event This function pops up a copy of menu that also appears in the menubar. It should be bound to a mouse button event. @end deffn @node Menu Accelerators @section Menu Accelerators @cindex menu accelerators @cindex keyboard menu accelerators Menu accelerators are keyboard shortcuts for accessing the menubar. Accelerator keys can be specified for menus as well as for menu items. An accelerator key for a menu is used to activate that menu when it appears as a submenu of another menu. An accelerator key for a menu item is used to activate that item. @menu * Creating Menu Accelerators:: How to add accelerator keys to a menu. * Keyboard Menu Traversal:: How to use and modify the keys which are used to traverse the menu structure. * Menu Accelerator Functions:: Functions for working with menu accelerators. @end menu @node Creating Menu Accelerators @subsection Creating Menu Accelerators Menu accelerators are specified as part of the menubar format using the :accelerator tag to specify a key or by placing "%_" in the menu or menu item name prior to the letter which is to be used as the accelerator key. The advantage of the second method is that the menu rendering code then knows to draw an underline under that character, which is the canonical way of indicating an accelerator key to a user. For example, the command @example (add-submenu nil '("%_Test" ["One" (insert "1") :accelerator ?1 :active t] ["%_Two" (insert "2")] ["%_3" (insert "3")])) @end example will add a new menu to the top level menubar. The new menu can be reached by pressing "t" while the top level menubar is active. When the menu is active, pressing "1" will activate the first item and insert the character "1" into the buffer. Pressing "2" will activate the second item and insert the character "2" into the buffer. Pressing "3" will activate the third item and insert the character "3" into the buffer. It is possible to activate the top level menubar itself using accelerator keys. @xref{Menu Accelerator Functions}. @node Keyboard Menu Traversal @subsection Keyboard Menu Traversal In addition to immediately activating a menu or menu item, the keyboard can be used to traverse the menus without activating items. The keyboard arrow keys, the return key and the escape key are defined to traverse the menus in a way that should be familiar to users of any of a certain family of popular PC operating systems. This behavior can be changed by modifying the bindings in menu-accelerator-map. At this point, the online help is your best bet for more information about how to modify the menu traversal keys. @node Menu Accelerator Functions @subsection Menu Accelerator Functions @deffn Command accelerate-menu Make the menubar immediately active and place the cursor on the left most entry in the top level menu. Menu items can be selected as usual. @end deffn @defvar menu-accelerator-enabled Whether menu accelerator keys can cause the menubar to become active. If @code{menu-force} or @code{menu-fallback}, then menu accelerator keys can be used to activate the top level menu. Once the menubar becomes active, the accelerator keys can be used regardless of the value of this variable. @code{menu-force} is used to indicate that the menu accelerator key takes precedence over bindings in the current keymap(s). @code{menu-fallback} means that bindings in the current keymap take precedence over menu accelerator keys. Thus a top level menu with an accelerator of "T" would be activated on a keypress of Meta-t if @code{menu-accelerator-enabled} is @code{menu-force}. However, if @code{menu-accelerator-enabled} is @code{menu-fallback}, then Meta-t will not activate the menubar and will instead run the function transpose-words, to which it is normally bound. The default value is @code{nil}. See also @code{menu-accelerator-modifiers} and @code{menu-accelerator-prefix}. @end defvar @defvar menu-accelerator-map Keymap consulted to determine the commands to run in response to keypresses occurring while the menubar is active. @xref{Keyboard Menu Traversal}. @end defvar @defvar menu-accelerator-modifiers A list of modifier keys which must be pressed in addition to a valid menu accelerator in order for the top level menu to be activated in response to a keystroke. The default value of @code{(meta)} mirrors the usage of the alt key as a menu accelerator in popular PC operating systems. The modifier keys in @code{menu-accelerator-modifiers} must match exactly the modifiers present in the keypress. The only exception is that the shift modifier is accepted in conjunction with alphabetic keys even if it is not a menu accelerator modifier. See also @code{menu-accelerator-enabled} and @code{menu-accelerator-prefix}. @end defvar @defvar menu-accelerator-prefix Prefix key(s) that must be typed before menu accelerators will be activated. Must be a valid key descriptor. The default value is @code{nil}. @end defvar @example (setq menu-accelerator-prefix ?\C-x) (setq menu-accelerator-modifiers '(meta control)) (setq menu-accelerator-enabled 'menu-force) (add-submenu nil '("%_Test" ["One" (insert "1") :accelerator ?1 :active t] ["%_Two" (insert "2")] ["%_3" (insert "3")])) @end example will add the menu "Test" to the top level menubar. Pressing C-x followed by C-M-T will activate the menubar and display the "Test" menu. Pressing C-M-T by itself will not activate the menubar. Neither will pressing C-x followed by anything else. @node Buffers Menu @section Buffers Menu @cindex buffers menu The following options control how the @samp{Buffers} menu is displayed. This is a list of all (or a subset of) the buffers currently in existence, and is updated dynamically. @defopt buffers-menu-max-size This user option holds the maximum number of entries which may appear on the @samp{Buffers} menu. If this is 10, then only the ten most-recently-selected buffers will be shown. If this is @code{nil}, then all buffers will be shown. Setting this to a large number or @code{nil} will slow down menu responsiveness. @end defopt @defun format-buffers-menu-line buffer This function returns a string to represent @var{buffer} in the @samp{Buffers} menu. @code{nil} means the buffer shouldn't be listed. You can redefine this. @end defun @defopt complex-buffers-menu-p If true, the @samp{Buffers} menu will contain several commands, as submenus of each buffer line. If this is false, then there will be only one command: select that buffer. @end defopt @defopt buffers-menu-switch-to-buffer-function This user option holds the function to call to select a buffer from the @samp{Buffers} menu. @code{switch-to-buffer} is a good choice, as is @code{pop-to-buffer}. @end defopt