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[wxWidgets.git] / docs / latex / wx / menuitem.tex

diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/menuitem.tex b/docs/latex/wx/menuitem.tex
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--- a/docs/latex/wx/menuitem.tex
+++ b/docs/latex/wx/menuitem.tex
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ only implemented for Windows and GTK+.
 
 <wx/menuitem.h>
 
+\wxheading{Library}
+
+\helpref{wxCore}{librarieslist}
+
 \wxheading{See also}
 
 \helpref{wxMenuBar}{wxmenubar}, \helpref{wxMenu}{wxmenu}
@@ -42,11 +46,36 @@ only implemented for Windows and GTK+.
 
 Constructs a wxMenuItem object.
 
-The preferred way to create standard menu items is to use default value of
-\arg{text}. If no text is supplied and \arg{id} is one of standard IDs from
-\helpref{this list}{stockitems}, a standard label and a standard accelerator
-will be used. In addition to that, the button will be decorated with stock
-icons under GTK+ 2.
+Menu items can be standard, or ``stock menu items'', or custom. For the
+standard menu items (such as commands to open a file, exit the program and so
+on, see \helpref{stock items}{stockitems} for the full list) it is enough to
+specify just the stock ID and leave \arg{text} and \arg{helpString} empty. In
+fact, leaving at least \arg{text} empty for the stock menu items is strongly
+recommended as they will have appearance and keyboard interface (including
+standard accelerators) familiar to the user.
+
+For the custom (non-stock) menu items, \arg{text} must be specified and while 
+\arg{helpString} may be left empty, it's recommended to pass the item
+description (which is automatically shown by the library in the status bar when
+the menu item is selected) in this parameter.
+
+Finally note that you can e.g. use a stock menu label without using its stock
+help string:
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+// use all stock properties:
+helpMenu->Append(wxID_ABOUT);
+
+// use the stock label and the stock accelerator but not the stock help string:
+helpMenu->Append(wxID_ABOUT, wxEmptyString, wxT("My custom help string"));
+
+// use all stock properties except for the bitmap:
+wxMenuItem *mymenu = new wxMenuItem(helpMenu, wxID_ABOUT);
+mymenu->SetBitmap(wxArtProvider::GetBitmap(wxART_WARNING));
+helpMenu->Append(mymenu);
+\end{verbatim}
+
+that is, stock properties are set independently one from the other.
 
 \wxheading{Parameters}
 
@@ -124,6 +153,32 @@ Returns the help string associated with the menu item.
 Returns the menu item identifier.
 
 
+\membersection{wxMenuItem::GetItemLabel}\label{wxmenuitemgetitemlabel}
+
+\constfunc{wxString}{GetItemLabel}{\void}
+
+Returns the text associated with the menu item including any accelerator
+characters that were passed to the constructor or SetItemLabel.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{GetItemLabelText}{wxmenuitemgetitemlabeltext}, 
+\helpref{GetLabelText}{wxmenuitemgetlabeltext}
+
+
+\membersection{wxMenuItem::GetItemLabelText}\label{wxmenuitemgetitemlabeltext}
+
+\constfunc{wxString}{GetItemLabelText}{\void}
+
+Returns the text associated with the menu item, without any accelerator
+characters.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{GetItemLabel}{wxmenuitemgetitemlabel}, 
+\helpref{GetLabelText}{wxmenuitemgetlabeltext}
+
+
 \membersection{wxMenuItem::GetKind}\label{wxmenuitemgetkind}
 
 \constfunc{wxItemKind}{GetKind}{\void}
@@ -139,11 +194,31 @@ Returns the item kind, one of {\tt wxITEM\_SEPARATOR}, {\tt wxITEM\_NORMAL},
 Returns the text associated with the menu item without any accelerator
 characters it might contain.
 
+This function is deprecated in favour of \helpref{GetItemLabelText}{wxmenuitemgetitemlabeltext}.
+
 \wxheading{See also}
 
 \helpref{GetText}{wxmenuitemgettext}, 
 \helpref{GetLabelFromText}{wxmenuitemgetlabelfromtext}
 
+\membersection{wxMenuItem::GetLabelText}\label{wxmenuitemgetlabeltext}
+
+\func{static wxString}{GetLabelText}{\param{const wxString\& }{text}}
+
+Strips all accelerator characters and mnemonics from the given {\it text}.
+For example,
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+wxMenuItem::GetLabelFromText("&Hello\tCtrl-H");
+\end{verbatim}
+
+will return just {\tt "Hello"}.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{GetItemLabelText}{wxmenuitemgetitemlabeltext}, 
+\helpref{GetItemLabel}{wxmenuitemgetitemlabel}
+
 
 \membersection{wxMenuItem::GetLabelFromText}\label{wxmenuitemgetlabelfromtext}
 
@@ -158,6 +233,8 @@ wxMenuItem::GetLabelFromText("&Hello\tCtrl-H");
 
 will return just {\tt "Hello"}.
 
+This function is deprecated; please use \helpref{wxMenuItem::GetLabelText}{wxmenuitemgetlabeltext} instead.
+
 \wxheading{See also}
 
 \helpref{GetText}{wxmenuitemgettext}, 
@@ -185,7 +262,7 @@ Returns the menu this menu item is in, or NULL if this menu item is not attached
 Returns the text associated with the menu item.
 
 {\bf NB:} this function is deprecated, please use 
-\helpref{GetText}{wxmenuitemgettext} or \helpref{GetLabel}{wxmenuitemgetlabel} 
+\helpref{GetItemLabel}{wxmenuitemgetitemlabel} or \helpref{GetItemLabelText}{wxmenuitemgetitemlabeltext} 
 instead.
 
 
@@ -196,6 +273,8 @@ instead.
 Returns the text associated with the menu item, such as it was passed to the
 wxMenuItem constructor, i.e. with any accelerator characters it may contain.
 
+This function is deprecated in favour of \helpref{GetItemLabel}{wxmenuitemgetitemlabel}.
+
 \wxheading{See also}
 
 \helpref{GetLabel}{wxmenuitemgetlabel}, 
@@ -289,6 +368,13 @@ Sets the font associated with the menu item (Windows only).
 Sets the help string.
 
 
+\membersection{wxMenuItem::SetItemLabel}\label{wxmenuitemsetitemlabel}
+
+\func{void}{SetItemLabel}{\param{const wxString\& }{label}}
+
+Sets the label associated with the menu item.
+
+
 \membersection{wxMenuItem::SetMarginWidth}\label{wxmenuitemsetmarginwidth}
 
 \constfunc{void}{SetMarginWidth}{\param{int}{ width}}
@@ -316,6 +402,8 @@ Sets the submenu of this menu item.
 
 Sets the text associated with the menu item.
 
+This function is deprecated in favour of \helpref{SetItemLabel}{wxmenuitemsetitemlabel}.
+
 
 \membersection{wxMenuItem::SetTextColour}\label{wxmenuitemsettextcolour}