bug#7106: Unable to customize menu-bar startup from .emacs file

[Avery Chan]

Upgrading to 23.2.1 fixed this. Is there a process for letting Apple  
know that their stock installation is broken? I *am* using an older  
version of the OS so it might be fixed in 10.6.*. I don't know what  
kind of relationship gnu.org has with Apple; if there's a process for  
this it might be beneficial to push this to them.

Thanks again for looking into this. I appreciate it.

Avery

On Sep 28, 2010, at 1:50 AM, Glenn Morris wrote:

> Avery Chan wrote:
>
> > (custom-set-variables
> > '(gud-gdb-command-name "gdb --annotate=1")
> > '(large-file-warning-threshold nil)
> > '(menu-bar-mode t)
> > '(shell-dirtrack-verbose nil))
> > (custom-set-faces
> > )
> > (add-hook 'shell-mode-hook 'ansi-color-for-comint-mode-on)
> > Note the (menu-bar-mode t). When I fire up emacs, I have to M-x menu-
> > bar-mode to get a menu bar.
>
> Works for me in GNU/Linux with Emacs 22.1 through 23.2.
> Note that the menu-bar is on by default anyway, so you should not need
> to do anything in the first place.
>
> > I am concluding, then, that the problem lies with this particular
> > build.
> >
> > In GNU Emacs 22.1.1 (mac-apple-darwin, Carbon Version 1.6.0)
> > of 2009-11-23 on Avericity.local
>
> I am afraid that is quite old and no longer supported. Please try the
> latest, Emacs 23.2.
>
> As a workaround, you could stick
>
> (menu-bar-mode 1)
>
> at the end of your .emacs.