Re^2: Need Suggestions; Menu Software
Con Neri
cn at allgfx.agi.oz
Fri Jan 5 17:24:03 AEST 1990
shields at nccn.yorku.ca (Paul Shields) writes:
>I wrote one three years ago and have been using it here at nccn.yorku.ca
>ever since. The Institute for Space and Terrestrial Science adopted it
>as its standard U.I. in 1988.
>I'll post it to the net if enough people out there want it.
>It is...
> - text based;
> - pleasing to look at;
> - terminal independent
> -> makes use of termcap;
> -> is command based, because there is not really any standard
> for cursor moves.
> - built to guide the computer-illiterate user
> -> case-insensitive,
> -> commands and may be shortest unique string.
> - compact and fast;
> - a consistent menu hierarchy, not limited to a strict tree hierarchy
> (ie: multiple roots and common sub-menus are ok.)
> - easy to configure;
> - loads the menu configuration when it runs, making it customizable on
> a per-user / per-invocation basis;
> - known to run on at least Xenix, MS-DOS, and BSD UNIX platforms;
> - written in C, with emphasis on modularity and portability.
>The thing it doesn't do,
>>[...] The program must be able to exec() as the highest level shell
>It was designed to run under csh, to keep it small in size. I haven't
>encountered problems with using it this way.
>I will provide you with full sources (110 KB) and all the documentation
>I have, if you'd like to have it.
>Please let me know.
>--
>Paul Shields
>Programmer for the Native Computer Communications Network
>shields at nccn.yorku.ca
I would like a copy too please.
Con Neri
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