emacs menu options permanently disabled

[francisco m.]

Binary package hint: emacs23

In the emacs menu some options appear permanently disabled. For example, if within a buffer a region is marked to be copied , it is impossible to do this from the menu because the option "Edit -> Copy" is permanently disabled. This also applies to "Edit -> Undo", "Edit -> Cut", "File -> Save", etc.. See attached image.
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Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Package: emacs23 23.1+1-4ubuntu7
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=es_ES.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-23.41-generic 2.6.35.7
Tags: ubuntu-une maverick
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-23-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

[francisco m. (pacomiguel)]

I forgot to mention that my Ubuntu distribution is 10.10 and add data

[francisco m. (pacomiguel)]

A picture that describes the problem

[francisco m. (pacomiguel)]

attached further details of my session

[Reinhard Tartler (siretart)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
Ubuntu better. Please execute the following command, as it will
automatically gather debugging information, in a terminal:
apport-collect 691443.

 When reporting bugs in the future please use apport by using
'ubuntu-bug' and the name of the package affected. You can learn more
about this functionality at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs.

I'm curious to see the exact package version of emacs23 that you are
using.

--
Gruesse/greetings,
Reinhard Tartler, KeyID 945348A4

[francisco m. (pacomiguel)]

apport information

[stef70 (stephane-chauveau-central)]

I also have that problem.

It seems that most (or all) menu updates are broken. For example, the command M-x blink-cursor-mode does not toggle the entry Options > Blinking Cursor

Even more annoying for me is that the list of entries in the 'Buffer' menu are never updated. Only the files loaded at startup are displayed.

ps: I am in natty

[stef70 (stephane-chauveau-central)]

The problem only affect the gtk version (package emacs23). The Lucid version in emacs23-lucid is fine

[francisco m. (pacomiguel)]

I confirm all that said stef70. Of course, also on my computer the emacs23-lucid version is fine.

[francisco m. (pacomiguel)]

I updated today emacs23 with the update provided by ubuntu, and the problem persists.

[Ulf Mehlig (umehlig)]

I observe a similar problem: Emacs menus are dysfunctional (e.g., buffer menu entries switch to the wrong buffer); certain buffers have main menu bar entries, but contents of these menus does not show (e.g., LaTeX, ESS). Under Unity, the menu is very incomplete (not, showing, for example, main menu entries for LaTeX at all).

Description: Ubuntu 10.10
Release: 10.10

emacs23:
  Installed: 23.1+1-4ubuntu7.1+maverick1
  Candidate: 23.1+1-4ubuntu7.1+maverick1
  Version table:
 *** 23.1+1-4ubuntu7.1+maverick1 0
        500 http://pt.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     23.1+1-4ubuntu7 0
        500 http://pt.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main amd64 Packages

[Triwanto Simanjuntak (lu176)]

I also find similiar case in recent Natty build with Emacs 23.2+1-7ubuntu2. Additionally the menu for Latex (and Math mode) is not even displayed. Loading auctex.el and preview-latex.el gives no result. However menus for Python and C++ are shown without any problem.

[Triwanto Simanjuntak (lu176)]

I forgot to add that, this case doesn't seem to happen in Kubuntu Natty.

[Triwanto Simanjuntak (lu176)]

Recent update to Ubuntu Natty has solved all the problems.