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From: darrylo@hpnmxx.sr.hp.com
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Subject: Re: Menu bar (pull down) in Emacs?
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Date: 17 Apr 91 17:37:04 GMT
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> Is there a way to have a permanent menu bar at the top of the screen?
> The menu bar could be invoked by some ctrl-key. 
> 
> Is there a macro package that offers this kind of a menu add-on for
> general emacs editing (so you don't have to remember all those key
> sequences)?

     Use Andy Norman's gnuclient (aka, "gnuserv") package (it's
basically a super-enhanced emacsclient).  The gnuclient package has a
C program, "gnudoit", which allows you to send arbitrary elisp expressions
to a running Emacs program for evaluation.

     How is this relevant to your question?  Well, you can now use your
favorite X-window manager (twm, mwm, olwm, etc.) to have Emacs-specific
pop-up menus -- just execute the "gnudoit" program with the appropriate
arguments.

     -- Darryl Okahata
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