On Tue, 28 Aug 2001 11:32:09 -0500, "Molitor, Stephen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This is more of an Emacs Lisp question, but it is for something I'm working
> on that's JDE related....
>
> What's the easiest way to create dynamic menus in Emacs Lisp? I'd like to
> create a menu for building from Ant (via jde-ant), that would have each
> target listed in the menu. It would read the list of targets from the ant
> build file. So, both the menu key, and the function it invokes, would have
> to be dynamic.
>
> I hope my question isn't too off-topic. Are there any good Emacs Lisp news
> groups? I did try plowing through imenu.el, but it was tough to follow.
Check the easymenu.el file that comes with your Emacs. This package
provides a common API for defining menus in both GNU Emacs and
XEmacs. You can also look for usage patters inside JDE and other
packages that use easymenu.
Best regards,
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