(easy-menu-popup-menu): New function.

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/easymenu.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/easymenu.el
index bf2e190e489..045a5590699 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/easymenu.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/easymenu.el
@@ -616,6 +616,20 @@ In some cases we use that to select between the local and global maps."
   (or (keymapp map) (error "Malformed menu in easy-menu: (%s)" map))
   map)
 
+(defun easy-menu-popup-menu (menu &optional event)
+  "Pop up a menu and run a command according to user's selection.
+MENU is a menu description as in `easy-menu-define'.
+EVENT is a mouse button event and determines where to pop up the menu.
+If EVENT is nil, pop up menu at the current mouse position."
+  (let ((map (easy-menu-create-menu (car menu) (cdr menu))))
+    (if (symbolp map)
+        (let ((f (memq :filter (get map 'menu-prop))))
+          (setq map (symbol-function map))
+          (if f (setq map (funcall (cadr f) map)))))
+    (let* ((sel (x-popup-menu (or event t) map))
+           (f (if (consp sel) (lookup-key map (apply 'vector sel)))))
+      (if (commandp f) (call-interactively f)))))
+
 (provide 'easymenu)
 
 ;;; easymenu.el ends here