Edward L. Fox wrote: > Here's a small patch provided by Liang Peng, alias Bezetek James. He > has fixed the problem in menu/unmenu/emenu series commands. > > As my understanding, "emenu" is designed for scripts to access some > menu items. However, "emenu" only accepts the localized menu names. > For example, you can use your script to add a new menu item by calling > "amenu File.Test :echo 'hello'<CR>", but you can't execute the same > menu item by calling "emenu File.Test" if you are not running Vim in > English mode. Instead, you have to use localized menu name for > "File". However, we don't have any interface to access the menu > translation table via script. So "emenu" command is nearly useless > for script writers. > > Bezetek's patch makes menu/unmenu/emenu useful again. He modified the > menu structure to store the original strings before the localization, > and accepts the unlocalized strings for all the menu series commands > when calling all menu related command. To keep the compatibility, > localized menu names are also accepted, just like the behavior before. > > This is his first patch to Vim, and he's quite eager to participate in > open source projects. Please help review his patch and include it in > the next release of Vim. Many thanks!
This is very useful. There was an old patch that I never got around looking into, from Bjorn Winckler. It dates 2008 March 30. http://www.mail-archive.com/vim_dev@googlegroups.com/msg02561.html Perhaps you can compare the patches and find out what works best? -- How To Keep A Healthy Level Of Insanity: 3. Every time someone asks you to do something, ask if they want fries with that. /// Bram Moolenaar -- b...@moolenaar.net -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\ download, build and distribute -- http://www.A-A-P.org /// \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org /// -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
