On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 12:37:48PM -0700, Christian J. Robinson wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Nov 2006, Bram Moolenaar wrote:
>
> > buffer-local menus are complicated. What about menus that are not
> > for the current buffer, hide them? Would make jumping between
> > buffers very slow.
>
> When I've defined menus that are only applicable to a buffer or a
> filetype I've just defined autocommands that does an :amenu disable on
> BufLeave and :amenu enable on BufEnter. I've found this is usually
> the best compromise and in fact has some advantages; it can be
> confusing and otherwise problematic to have menu items, or entire
> menus--especially toplevel menus--disappear and reappear.
>
> - Christian
Thanks. I had forgotten about the ":menu disable" option. The
disadvantage is that if I have several different file types open, each
with its own top-level menu, then my menu bar will be crowded with
disabled menus.
--Benji Fisher
