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diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/easymenu.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/easymenu.el
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--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/easymenu.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/easymenu.el
@@ -616,6 +616,20 @@ In some cases we use that to select between the local and global maps."
(or (keymapp map) (error "Malformed menu in easy-menu: (%s)" map))
map)
+(defun easy-menu-popup-menu (menu &optional event)
+ "Pop up a menu and run a command according to user's selection.
+MENU is a menu description as in `easy-menu-define'.
+EVENT is a mouse button event and determines where to pop up the menu.
+If EVENT is nil, pop up menu at the current mouse position."
+ (let ((map (easy-menu-create-menu (car menu) (cdr menu))))
+ (if (symbolp map)
+ (let ((f (memq :filter (get map 'menu-prop))))
+ (setq map (symbol-function map))
+ (if f (setq map (funcall (cadr f) map)))))
+ (let* ((sel (x-popup-menu (or event t) map))
+ (f (if (consp sel) (lookup-key map (apply 'vector sel)))))
+ (if (commandp f) (call-interactively f)))))
+
(provide 'easymenu)
;;; easymenu.el ends here