DocBook 5: The Definitive Guide

Name

guimenu — The name of a menu in a GUI

Synopsis

guimenu ::= (text | accel | phrase ^db._phrase | replaceable | Graphic inlines | Indexing inlines | Linking inlines | Ubiquitous inlines)*

Attribute synopsis

Common attributes and common linking attributes.

Description

A guimenu identifies a menu name in a graphical user interface. In particular, this is distinct from a menu item (guimenuitem), which is terminal, and a submenu (guisubmenu), which occurs as a selection from a menu.

Processing expectations

Formatted inline.

See Also

accel, guibutton, guiicon, guilabel, guimenuitem, guisubmenu, keycap, keycode, keycombo, keysym, menuchoice, mousebutton, shortcut

Examples

<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
<title>Example guimenu</title>

<para>You can exit from GNU Emacs with the keyboard shortcut
<keycombo><keysym>C-c</keysym><keysym>C-x</keysym></keycombo>
or by selecting <guimenuitem>Exit Emacs</guimenuitem> from
the <guimenu>Files</guimenu> menu.
</para>

</article>

You can exit from GNU Emacs with the keyboard shortcut C-c+C-x or by selecting Exit Emacs from the Files menu.