Menu discoverability

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

David Kastrup writes:
 > "Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen at xemacs.org> writes:
 > 
 > > Anders J. Munch writes:
 > >
 > >  > Unfortunately the menus fall short of XEmacs' usual standard
 > >  > of discoverability.  Often I've wished I could see the elisp
 > >  > command that a menu item would execute, by hovering over it or
 > >  > something.
 > >
 > > Hovering is a good idea.  I've opened issue728.

 > I'd consider it saner to implement mouse-over help for menus like
 > Emacs has.

Well, yes, that's why I refer to issue590 (which quotes your opinions
on the matter at some length) in that issue.  Perhaps there could be a
"show-gui-item-commands" minor mode that shows what various GUI
objects (like toolbar buttons, menubar regions, and menu items are
bound to, in addition to help).