Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!decwrl!bacchus.pa.dec.com!deccrl!treese From: treese@crl.dec.com (Win Treese) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: Wish list for R5 Message-ID: Date: 15 Aug 90 00:28:51 GMT References: <9008130225.AA21698@shamash.McRCIM.McGill.EDU> Sender: news@crl.dec.com (USENET News System) Organization: DEC Cambridge Research Lab Lines: 18 In-Reply-To: rjc@uk.ac.ed.cstr's message of 13 Aug 90 23:44:01 GMT In article rjc@uk.ac.ed.cstr (Richard Caley) writes: > Thirdly, as a piece of pure fantasy, it would be wonderful if some way > could be found of allowing resources to specify extra buttons and menu > items as well as changing the labels and effects of ones which exist. > For instance I might wish to move an action from being on a menu > behind a button to being on a button of its own. Always assuming that > there is not some way to do this already which has escaped my > notice... The R4 xmh supports adding new buttons with actions. It works reasonably well, though it's a little awkward. I don't think you can alter the menus, but you could certainly do something in the same style. It's not too hard to code it that way, either. Win Treese Cambridge Research Lab treese@crl.dec.com Digital Equipment Corp.