Re: Any infrastructure to select one of a few options in Emacs core?

[Emanuel Berg]

"Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com>
writes:

> (let ((options '("spam" "ham" "eggs")))
> (x-popup-menu (let ((mp (mouse-position))) (list
> (list (cadr mp) (cddr mp)) (selected-window)))
> (list "menu" (cons "What would yuo like to eat?"
> (mapcar (lambda (option) (cons option option))
> options)))))

Cute, but is there any reason not to use the ordinary
minibuffer/echo area area for this as for everything
else? The whole thing with Emacs, or at least part of
the whole thing, is to have a uniform interface.

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