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The command definition files include the complete definition of commands. Each command definition
includes a unique identifier, a keyboard shortcut (optional), and a corresponding function code.
The command definition files are:
fminit\configui\cmds.cfg
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This file contains definitions of commands that are the same on all platforms.
• fminit\configui\mathcmds.cfg
This file contains the commands for equations that have platform-independent keyboard shortcuts.
fminit\configui\wincmds.cfg
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This file contains the commands and shortcuts that are specific to the Windows version of FrameMaker.
Customized configuration files
You can create a menu customization file to add, remove, rename, and rearrange menus and menu items and to
change command shortcuts. For example, a menu customization file might rearrange commands on a menu or
put several rarely used commands on a submenu. You can even define a completely custom menu bar.
In a menu customization file, you need only specify the changes you want to make—not the entire menu config-
uration. The contents of your customization file override the information in configuration files that were read
previously.
A menu customization file must be a text file. If you create it with FrameMaker, be sure to save it in Text Only
format.
The default location and filename for the menu customization file is fminit\configui\customui.cfg. You do not
have to use this file, however. You can create a menu customization file in another location. Just be sure to set
the ConfigCustomUIFile setting in the initialization file to your file's path and filename.
You can read a menu customization file to change the standard menus and their menu items at any time while
running FrameMaker. The changes described in this additional file are made immediately to the existing menus.
FrameMaker can also read a menu customization file on startup.
FrameMaker comes with sample menu customization files. For a sample file that makes a few changes to the
default menus and commands, see the sample.cfg file in install_dir\fminit\configui.
Keep in mind that changing menus and commands will make the interface inconsistent with the standard
interface, so that information in the FrameMaker User Guide and in online Help may no longer be accurate.
Precedence of the configuration files
When FrameMaker starts, it first reads the standard menu and command configuration files in the FrameMaker
installation directory and then it reads a menu customization file, either the default or a custom one. The infor-
mation in each file overrides the information in files read previously.
FrameMaker reads these files in the following order:
fminit\configui\cmds.cfg
fminit\configui\mathcmds.cfg
fminit\configui\wincmds.cfg
fminit\maker\menus.cfg
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Changing Menus and Commands
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