Using Gnu Emacs 23.1.1 on Ubuntu 10.04…
I've decided to go cold turkey with the Gnome menu bar. (but I do want it to be "available" for the teething transition period… tepid turkey? 🙂
So I'd like to know how to assign a key to toggle it on/off..
I'm currently starting Emacs in full screen mode, with no menu-bar and no tool-bar
I'm trying out a tabbar (when in X, but not when in terminal) ..
I'm almost getting used to it, but I find I feel completely lost sometimes without the menubar… I've read that Emacs without the GUI paraphenalia is the way to go.. and I believe it!… the paradigms clash..
But for now I'd like a menu-bar toggle, and it will be good experience to see how it is done..
Best Answer
If you just want to toggle the menu bar, there's already a command for that (M-x menu-bar-mode). To bind it to a key, you'd do:
If you want both the menu and toolbar to be toggled, you can do something like this:
It's probably worth looking at the Emacs FAQ (also found by C-h C-f). Also, the SO info page for Emacs has a bunch of good links.