no argument is given after :menu at all, then ALL menu items are shown
for the appropriate mode (e.g., Command-line mode for :cmenu).
Special characters in the list, just before the rhs:
• * Menu was defined with "nore" to disallow remapping.
• & Menu was defined with "<script>" to allow remapping script-local mappings.
• s Menu was defined with "<silent>" to avoid showing what it is mapped to
when triggered.
• - Menu was disabled.
Note that hitting <Tab> while entering a menu name after a menu command may
be used to complete the name of the menu item.
Executing Menus *execute-menus*
*:em* *:emenu* *E334* *E335*
:[range]em[enu] {menu} Execute {menu} from the command line.
The default is to execute the Normal mode
menu. If a range is specified, it executes
the Visual mode menu.
If used from <c-o>, it executes the
insert-mode menu Eg: >
:emenu File.Exit
:[range]em[enu] {mode} {menu} Like above, but execute the menu for {mode}:
- 'n': |:nmenu| Normal mode
- 'v': |:vmenu| Visual mode
- 's': |:smenu| Select mode
- 'o': |:omenu| Operator-pending mode
- 't': |:tlmenu| Terminal mode
- 'i': |:imenu| Insert mode
- 'c': |:cmenu| Cmdline mode
You can use :emenu to access useful menu items you may have got used to from
GUI mode. See 'wildmenu' for an option that works well with this. See
|console-menus| for an example.
When using a range, if the lines match with '<,'>, then the menu is executed
using the last visual selection.
Deleting Menus *delete-menus*
*:unme* *:unmenu*
*:aun* *:aunmenu*
To delete a menu item or a whole submenu, use the unmenu commands, which are
analogous to the unmap commands. Eg: >
:unmenu! Edit.Paste
This will remove the Paste item from the Edit menu for Insert and
Command-line modes.
Note that hitting <Tab> while entering a menu name after an umenu command
may be used to complete the name of the menu item for the appropriate mode.
To remove all menus use: *:unmenu-all* >
:unmenu * " remove all menus in Normal and visual mode
:unmenu! * " remove all menus in Insert and Command-line mode
:aunmenu * " remove all menus in all modes, except for Terminal
" mode
:tlunmenu * " remove all menus in Terminal mode
If you want to get rid of the menu bar: >
:set guioptions-=m
Disabling Menus *disable-menus*
*:menu-disable* *:menu-enable*
If you do not want to remove a menu, but disable it for a moment, this can be
done by adding the "enable" or "disable" keyword to a ":menu" command.
Examples: >
:menu disable &File.&Open\.\.\.
:amenu enable *
:amenu disable &Tools.*
The command applies to the modes as used with all menu commands. Note that
characters like "&" need to be included for translated names to be found.
When the argument is "*", all menus are affected. Otherwise the given menu
name and all existing submenus below it are affected.