+(defsubst easy-menu-normalize (menu)
+ (if (symbolp menu)
+ (symbol-value menu)
+ menu))
+
+(defun easy-menu-add-item (menu path item &optional before)
+ "At the end of the submenu of MENU with path PATH add ITEM.
+If ITEM is already present in this submenu, then this item will be changed.
+otherwise ITEM will be added at the end of the submenu, unless the optional
+argument BEFORE is present, in which case ITEM will instead be added
+before the item named BEFORE.
+MENU is either a symbol, which have earlier been used as the first
+argument in a call to `easy-menu-define', or the value of such a symbol
+i.e. a menu, or nil which stands for the current menubar.
+PATH is a list of strings for locating the submenu where ITEM is to be
+added. If PATH is nil, MENU itself is used. Otherwise, the first
+element should be the name of a submenu directly under MENU. This
+submenu is then traversed recursively with the remaining elements of PATH.
+ITEM is either defined as in `easy-menu-define', a menu defined earlier
+by `easy-menu-define' or `easy-menu-create-menu' or an item returned
+from `easy-menu-item-present-p' or `easy-menu-remove-item'."
+ (add-menu-button path item before (easy-menu-normalize menu)))
+
+(defun easy-menu-item-present-p (menu path name)
+ "In submenu of MENU with path PATH, return true iff item NAME is present.
+MENU and PATH are defined as in `easy-menu-add-item'.
+NAME should be a string, the name of the element to be looked for.
+
+The return value can be used as as an argument to `easy-menu-add-item'."
+ (car (find-menu-item (or (easy-menu-normalize menu) current-menubar)
+ (append path (list name)))))
+
+(defun easy-menu-remove-item (menu path name)
+ "From submenu of MENU with path PATH remove item NAME.
+MENU and PATH are defined as in `easy-menu-add-item'.
+NAME should be a string, the name of the element to be removed.
+
+The return value can be used as as an argument to `easy-menu-add-item'."
+ (delete-menu-item (append path (list name))
+ (easy-menu-normalize menu)))
+
+
+
+