Re: Multiple runs of menu-bar-update-hook

[Kim F. Storm]

"Marshall, Simon" <address@hidden> writes:

> I notice that the hook is run once whenever I down-mouse-1 on the menu bar
> (at least with lucid or motif toolkit).  This may be a stupid question, but
> isn't it enough to run at this point?  Does emacs need to run the hook
> during buffer editing, window motion or frame switching?  (Obviously it
> needs to be run during buffer or window switching.)  In other words, does
> the hook need to be run from under redisplay() itself?

Buffer text may have a keymap or local-map property which may define
specific menu-items (even top-level items) that are specific to that
buffer position.

So even just moving point must call the update hook.

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