> I understand the menu item shortcuts show what's defined first. Is there
> a command like global-set-key that would insert the new keymap at the
> beginning of the list associated with the function? Here's what I do:
> (global-set-key [(alt v)] 'yank)
> 'yank has a menu entry in the Edit menu that currently says "Paste (C-y)".
The shortcuts displayed in the menus try not only to only mention *key*
bindings, but also favor key sequences that can be generated on any
terminal, i.e. ascii chars (maybe combined with the meta modifier). C-y is
an ascii char so it is preferred over A-v.
So if you really want to see A-v in the menu, you need to either somehow
hide the C-y binding, or put the info up there explicitly (using
the :key-sequence parameter in the menu-item).
The first option can be done with something like
(defalias 'hidden-yank 'yank)
(global-set-key [(control y)] 'hidden-yank)
But the second option is preferable since it allows things like C-h f to
still list *all* the bindings.
> Also, I would like to change the way the keyboard shortcuts appear in the
> menu. Can I redefine a function to do that?
IIRC it's key-description and it's written in C. Also it's called directly
from C, so if you redefine it in elisp, Emacs will not everywhere use your
redefined version.
> Lastly: how do I change a menu item?
> I know how to add submenus to a menu with easychange.el, but I couldn't
> figure out how to actually change the text of an arbitrary item. Is
> that possible?
Find the key-sequence corresponding to it with C-h k, then
(define-key [theseysequence] '(menu-item ...)).
See the elisp manual's description of menus and `menu-item' for more info.
Stefan
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