GNU bug report logs - #26428
24.5; (elisp) Extended Menu Items: document same features for menus

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2017 21:24:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

Found in version 24.5

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 26428 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#26428: 24.5; (elisp) Extended Menu Items: document same
 features for menus
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2020 20:50:14 +0100

Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> I filed a bug a few years back to get the use of keywords documented for
> separator lines.  That was done: in (elisp) `Menu Separators' we now
> have this:
>
>    You can use a longer form to specify keywords such as `:enable'
>    and `:visible=' for a menu separator:
>
>    (menu-item SEPARATOR-TYPE nil . ITEM-PROPERTY-LIST)
>
>    For example:
>
>      (menu-item "--" nil :visible (boundp 'foo))
>
> After some fiddling, I found that the same is true for menus
> (e.g. submenus).  This too should be documented - it is not obvious.

Could you suggest a text for the manual to document this?

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