Re: [WIP PATCH] Adding keys to keymaps in alphabetical order (for use with `mode-line-mode-menu')

[Jim Porter]

On 6/21/2021 5:31 AM, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:
> Jim Porter <jporterbugs@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > I'll look into the best way to trigger a sort just before opening the
> > menu. Ideally, we could avoid re-sorting every time (unless the list
> > has changed), but that might be more work than it's worth, given that
> > the list is unlikely to be more than a few dozen elements.
>
> Yeah, menus are usually short, so just sorting should be fine, I think.

Attached is a patch that I think should do this. I've only tested the 
new functions with `mode-line-mode-menu', so they might not work on all 
menus (hence, I've made them private for now). It's possible these 
functions would be more broadly useful, though.

Performance-wise, the cost is negligible for the default value of 
`mode-line-mode-menu': ~10ms for the first time and 0.02ms for 
subsequent calls.

- Jim

0001-Sort-the-items-in-mode-line-mode-menu-before-display.patch
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