simple-menu

Yet another simple way to build menu in Emacs.

Usage

There are 2 types of menu:

Submenu: is the menu that contains other menus
Menu item

To add or modify a submenu, use make-submenu:

;; Creating submenu
(make-submenu [menu-bar tags] :title "Tags")

;; Creating submenu just in lisp mode
(make-submenu [menu-bar tags]
              :title "Tags"
              :mode lisp-mode-map)

[menu-bar tags] is the path of your menu (it's actually a keybinding called fake key, but we don't need to worry about it for the purpose of adding/modifying/removing menu)
:title is the submenu title
:mode is the keymap in which the submenu is visible

To add or modify a menu item, use make-menu-item:

(make-menu-item [menu-bar tags list-tags]
                :title "List tags"
                :action 'helm-etags-select)

;; Or
(make-menu-item [menu-bar tags list-tags]
                :title "List tags"
                :action 'helm-etags-select
                :tooltip "List tags with Helm")

Besides menu path, :mode, and title, we also have:

:action - the interactive function that is called my the menu is selected
optional :tooltip - as it says, the menu tooltip.

To remove a menu, simply use remove-menu:

(remove-menu [menu-bar tags])

;; Or
(remove-menu [menu-bar tags] :mode lisp-mode-map)

Technical details

TODO: write a blog post with short and concise explanation.

TODO: write a blog post on how to make the best out of Emacs menu:

To discover new features
To group most frequently used functions
To create a habit/good usage pattern for better productivity

License

This library is published under the terms of the GNU General Public License v3.0 (GPLv3). See COPYING for detailed information.

cmpitg/emacs-simple-menu

simple-menu

Usage

Technical details

License