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From: oster@dewey.soe.berkeley.edu (David Phillip Oster)
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Subject: Re: Menus in DA's
Keywords: Menu DA brain-dead
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Date: 12 Nov 89 03:24:03 GMT
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Key eqivalents for menu commands in desk accessories have traditionally
been hard coded into the d.a. The text in the menus is actually ignored.
Reputable d.a. authors should build a table using GetItemCmd (if you are
running on a system new enough to support that call, if not, you can do
direct access to the menu data easily enough.) so that if the user uses
some kind of tool to change your menus, your code willk respond to the
changed menus.  It is also nice to mention in your manual that you are
considerate this way.