GNU bug report logs - #7691
24.0.50; x-popup-menu with keymap - :help keyword

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 21:07:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.0.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #29 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: grischka <grishka <at> gmx.de>
To: jasonr <at> gnu.org
Cc: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#7691: 24.0.50; x-popup-menu with keymap - :help keyword
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 12:06:46 +0100

> If you have any clever ideas about how to "Pop up a deck-of-cards menu and 
> return user's selection." without blocking, then please share them.

Now that "clever idea" exists as long as GUI toolkits are around:  Don't
use a command loop in your application, use event callbacks.
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