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From: acmfiu@serss0.fiu.edu (ACMFIU)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Menus for Apple II
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Date: 3 Nov 90 05:16:21 GMT
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I recently posted a program for Micol BASIC that did pull-down menus. Before
I introduce the machine language version, I will be updating it and would
like the communities view on how to implement one of the enhancements. How
should I show that a menu item is dimmed?

In MouseTalk (is it still sold?), the put a checkerboard pattern to the
left and right of the menu item like so:

Prog	File	Edit	Tools	WhoCares
      |  Open        |
      |  Close   @C  |
      |X Delete  @D X|
      |X Rename  @R X|
      ----------------

The X's represent the checkerboard pattern. Do all of you recommend this
method. If not, what would you prefer. NOTE: this program works in TEXT mode.

\bye

albert chin ... acmfiu@fiu.edu