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Re: How to find commands run by menu?
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harven |
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Re: How to find commands run by menu? |
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Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:35:25 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) |
Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler@easy-emacs.de> writes:
> kj wrote:
>> Is there any way to determine the exact command that gets run when
>> one invokes a particular menu item?
>>
>> TIA!
>>
>> kynnjo
>>
>> P.S. Here's why I want this. It's a bit convoluted. For mysterious
>> reasons, the latest version of Emacs on my system does not offer
>> any "print region" commands when run in X11 mode (these commands
>> do show in the File menu, but are permanently disabled, irrespective
>> of whether a region is defined or not).
>>
>> I determined that if instead I run Emacs in text mode, now the
>> menus do offer the "print region" commands.
>>
>> But I don't want to run Emacs in text mode. Therefore, I want to
>> be able to execute *while on X11 mode* the same commands that get
>> triggered when I choose (in text mode) one of the "print region"
>> commands from the File menu. Make sense?
>>
>> I thought that the desired commands would be ones like ps-print-region,
>> but the ones I've guessed produce different-looking printed results
>> from those obtained by using the menus under text mode, and I prefer
>> the latter by far. Therefore, I have to conclude that using the
>> menus does something more than just calling, say, ps-print-region.
I think that it actually calls ps-print-region-with-faces