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24.0.50; (elisp) `Extended Menu Items' - undefined specifier: KEY-BINDING-DATA

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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: 24.0.50;
	(elisp) `Extended Menu Items' - undefined specifier: KEY-BINDING-DATA
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 09:54:47 -0800

The node says this:
 
   To define a real menu item which can be selected, the extended format
 binding looks like this:
 
     (menu-item ITEM-NAME REAL-BINDING
         . ITEM-PROPERTY-LIST)
 
 Here, ITEM-NAME is an expression which evaluates to the menu item
 string.  Thus, the string need not be a constant.  The third element,
 REAL-BINDING, is the command to execute.  The tail of the list,
 ITEM-PROPERTY-LIST, has the form of a property list which contains
 other information.
 
   When an equivalent keyboard key binding is cached, the extended menu
 item binding looks like this:
 
     (menu-item ITEM-NAME REAL-BINDING (KEY-BINDING-DATA)
         . ITEM-PROPERTY-LIST)
 
There is no description (anywhere) of KEY-BINDING-DATA - no explanation
of what it looks like or what it means/does.  IOW, this information about
cached bindings is incomplete and incomprehensible.
 
The same problem exists for node `Simple Menu Items'.
 

In GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2010-11-30 on 3249CTO
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (4.4) --no-opt --cflags
-Ic:/imagesupport/include'
 

Message #8 received at 7542 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 7542 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7542: 24.0.50;
	(elisp) `Extended Menu Items' - undefined specifier: KEY-BINDING-DATA
Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2010 17:10:41 -0500

>      (menu-item ITEM-NAME REAL-BINDING (KEY-BINDING-DATA)
>          . ITEM-PROPERTY-LIST)
 
> There is no description (anywhere) of KEY-BINDING-DATA - no explanation
> of what it looks like or what it means/does.  IOW, this information about
> cached bindings is incomplete and incomprehensible.
 
Luckily this cache is not used any more.  So we should simply get rid of
this KEY-BINDING-DATA thingy.


        Stefan

Message #13 received at 7542-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: 7542-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7542: 24.0.50;
	(elisp) `Extended Menu Items' - undefined specifier: KEY-BINDING-DATA
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 11:28:57 -0500

>> (menu-item ITEM-NAME REAL-BINDING (KEY-BINDING-DATA)
>> . ITEM-PROPERTY-LIST)
 
>> There is no description (anywhere) of KEY-BINDING-DATA - no explanation
>> of what it looks like or what it means/does.  IOW, this information about
>> cached bindings is incomplete and incomprehensible.
 
> Luckily this cache is not used any more.  So we should simply get rid of
> this KEY-BINDING-DATA thingy.

I've just removed it from the trunk.


        Stefan

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