activate menubar

Did you try the following combination : alt key + the underlined letter
? 
If it does not work, add the following lines in your .emacs file : 

   (relabel-menu-item '("File") "%_File")
   (relabel-menu-item '("Edit") "%_Edit")
   (relabel-menu-item '("Apps") "%_Apps")
   (relabel-menu-item '("Options") "%_Options")
   (relabel-menu-item '("Buffers") "%_Buffers")
   (relabel-menu-item '("Tools") "%_Tools")
   (relabel-menu-item '("Help") "%_Help")
   (setq menu-accelerator-enabled 'menu-force)
   (setq menu-accelerator-modifiers '(alt))
   (setq menu-accelerator-prefix nil)
   (define-key global-map '(control ^) 'accelerate-menu)


BR,
Gilles Grandjouan

Karl Stroetmann writes:
 > 
 > Hi everybody,
 > 
 > here is a simple question that I was not able to figure out myself
 > after reading lots of Info pages.  Maybe someone can help.
 > 
 > If I start XEmacs, it comes up with a menubar of the form
 > 
 >  File  Edit  View  Cmds  Tools  Options  Buffers        Help
 > 
 > Some of these letters are undelined, for example in "File" the letter
 > 'F' is underlined.  This indicates to me that there must be some way
 > to activate the menu via the keyboard.  I have tried various key
 > combinations and looked up all the key bindings but I was not able to
 > figure out how to activate the menu without the mouse.  Can it be
 > done? Please help.
 > 
 > Regards,
 > Karl Stroetmann
 > 
 > 
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