This bug still affects Ubuntu 18.04 LTS with emacs-25 package, when running the Unity desktop. In particular editing lisp files and using slime is next to impossible. I have found a fix:
For emacs launched from a terminal window simply add export UBUNTU_MENU_PROXY=emacs to .bashrc For emacs launched from clicking on icons, i have modified the exec line of /usr/share/applications/emacs25.desktop to the following: Exec=/usr/bin/emacs %F instead of emacs25 because then the mechanism that puts the menu at the top of the screen is inhibited. In both cases the menu bar is confined to the emacs windows and then works OK. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to emacs25 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/415101 Title: Karmic: emacs22-gtk generated menus do not update (GTK only) Status in GNU Emacs: Unknown Status in GTK+: Fix Released Status in emacs-snapshot package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in emacs22 package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in emacs23 package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in emacs25 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in emacs-snapshot source package in Karmic: Won't Fix Status in emacs22 source package in Karmic: Fix Released Status in emacs23 source package in Karmic: Fix Released Status in emacs25 source package in Karmic: Confirmed Status in emacs23 package in Debian: Fix Released Bug description: Emacs has a pretty non-standard way of using GTK that makes some assumptions about GTK internals. These have been broken with gtk 2.18. Symptoms: Dynamic menus are no longer updated if klicked on with the mouse. They are updated if the menu is opened with F10. Steps to reproduce: - Install e.g. auctex and open a .tex file in Latex mode. - Klick on the menu bar and see the an empty menu. Expected result: - a non-empty menu. Original Report: Subject: Emacs language menus are blank Binary package hint: emacs22 The attached picture should say it all. I have tested C/C++, Python, Erlang and they all show up blank. I've had this problem for a while not (a month or so, maybe?), but I'm not sure exactly when it showed up. I suspected it was just me for a while, but I've tested with blank ~/.emacs.d directory for defaults as well. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Aug 18 00:34:54 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 Package: emacs22-gtk 22.2-0ubuntu2 ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-5.24-generic SourcePackage: emacs22 Uname: Linux 2.6.31-5-generic x86_64 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/415101/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
