RE: question on menubar implementation

> > Hi, there.
> > Didn't get many replies *g* to my last post
> > (=20
> > http://list-archive.xemacs.org/xemacs-design/200412/msg00062.h
> > tml ), so I'll post the question separately, maybe it won't=20
> > be filtered out on subj=3D.*BeOS.* :p
> >=20
> > The menubar implementations I have seen so far all seem to=20
> > construct menu trees on the fly (=3D submenus are created when=20
> > an item is selected). It would be simpler for me if I could=20
> > generate all the menu at once, and update it in case it=20
> > changes. Is this at all possible ?
>=20
> It would be much better if you did it the same way that all the current
> window systems do it.  I suppose you *could* generate the entire menu i=
n
> advance, but you'd still have to regenerate it when a submenu is select=
ed
> because that's what the lisp code (the menu filter) expects.

Ok,
it's doable, but is a bit tricky, as I'll have to wait from the menu's wi=
ndow thread for the main thread to fill it before returning the submenu...

Now, is that thing supposed to change in the near future as Stephen said =
or can I start on it ?

Fran=E7ois.