Abstract
Extensions to the GNU incarnation of the Emacs editing
system which provide facilities for menu-based
interaction is given. Following the Emacs philosophy the described system is designed to allow for
user-customisation and extension of menus, which are
sensitive to the user's editing mode. The system
affords pop-up and pull-right menus on SUN workstations
and terminal menus on the wide range of terminals
supported by Emacs. Additionally, a menu-based menu
design tool has been implemented. This provides
intelligent support to individual users who wish to
construct or alter menus. The operation of this Emacs
menu system is outlined and its range of facilities described in detail.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 245-257 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Publication status | Published - 1990 |
| Event | Proceedings of the fifth conference of the British Computer Society, Human-Computer Interaction Specialist Group on People and computers V - Nottingham, UK Duration: 5 Aug 1989 → 8 Aug 1989 |
Conference
| Conference | Proceedings of the fifth conference of the British Computer Society, Human-Computer Interaction Specialist Group on People and computers V |
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| City | Nottingham, UK |
| Period | 5/08/89 → 8/08/89 |
Keywords
- GNU incarnation
- Emacs editing system
- Menu-based interaction
- Emacs philosophy
- User-customisation
- editing mode
- pull-right menus
- SUN workstations
- menu-based menu design tool
- intelligent support
- emacs menu system