The same question was asked on help-gnu-emacs; I answered there.
On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 9:31 PM, Geek4AllSeasons <geek4allseas...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > The menu-bar started having episodes (standard menus fading out/disappearing > when clicked; toolbar tooltips displayed on mouse-hover on menu-bar) about a > week ago. > > Emacs 23.1.50.cvs090630/EmacsW32 1.58 patched installed 09/23/09 had worked > fine previously. Upgrading to Emacs 23.1.50.cvs091103/EmacsW32 1.58 didn't > help. > > A few menu text/purecopy bug reports and thread postings referencing the > switch to gtk+ reduced the search space. Inserting purecopy wrappers for > menu text corrects the problem menu by menu. > > Use of purecopy for menu text is inconsistent for core distribution and > add-on/contributed libraries. In many, maybe, most cases GC menu text works. > A comment in an Emacs-Dev thread indicated library pre-loading (loaddefs.el) > building Emacs as determining the need/use of pure/GC storage. > > Are guidelines available? If so, corrections could be made accordingly and > patches created/submitted. > > Based on search results there seems to be an increasing number of > potentially related issues/problems reported. Variability of symptoms makes > searching for solutions/workarounds more difficult. Time and effort would be > saved if general/less incident specific posting/descriptions were available. > > Please let me know if there is a better list. > > Thanks. > > david > -- > View this message in context: > http://old.nabble.com/menu-bar-menu-problems-and-label-help-text-purecopy-guidelines-tp26734051p26734051.html > Sent from the Emacs - Windows - Help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > >
