Variable: tty-menu-open-use-tmm

tty-menu-open-use-tmm is a customizable variable defined in menu-bar.el.gz.

Value

nil

Documentation

If non-nil, <f10> (menu-bar-open) on a TTY will invoke tmm-menubar.

If nil, <f10> (menu-bar-open) will drop down the menu corresponding to the first (leftmost) menu-bar item; you can select other items by typing C-f (forward-char), C-b (backward-char), <right> (right-char) and <left> (left-char).

This variable was added, or its default value changed, in Emacs 24.4.

View in manual

Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 24.4.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/menu-bar.el.gz
(defcustom tty-menu-open-use-tmm nil
  "If non-nil, \\[menu-bar-open] on a TTY will invoke `tmm-menubar'.

If nil, \\[menu-bar-open] will drop down the menu corresponding to the
first (leftmost) menu-bar item; you can select other items by typing
\\[forward-char], \\[backward-char], \\[right-char] and \\[left-char]."
  :type '(choice (const :tag "F10 drops down TTY menus" nil)
		 (const :tag "F10 invokes tmm-menubar" t))
  :group 'display
  :version "24.4")