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Re: popup menu, menu bar and keyboard
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Jambunathan K |
Subject: |
Re: popup menu, menu bar and keyboard |
Date: |
Wed, 04 Sep 2013 12:24:36 +0530 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
Jarek Czekalski <jarekczek@poczta.onet.pl> writes:
> I have the same question after 7 years. How do I quick-select a menu item,
> say "Search" in "Edit". On Windows it's easy: F10, E, S.
> However on Linux (graphical interface)
Edit->Search->String Forward (No keybindings displayed)
Edit->Search->Incremental Search->Forward String (Bound to C-s)
Are these two entries do the same thing. May be you should do a
M-x report-emacs-bug RET
and request for further clarification on the apparently duplicate entries.
> the following part from the manual does not apply:
> /Each menu item is also designated by a letter or digit (usually the initial
> of some word in the item's name). This letter or digit is separated from the
> item name by ‘==>’. You can type the item's letter or digit to select the
> item./
>
> I think I saw that on terminal version of emacs, but not on the graphical
> one.
>
> Why doesn't this work on graphical Linux?
Try M-`
or use F10 after doing
(global-set-key [f10] (quote tmm-menubar))
or just M-x tmm-menubar
>
> In Emacs tutorial it's emphasized that the Emacs is so convenient and
> ergonomic to use... :)
Don't believe in everything that you read or hear.
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