Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!maverick.ksu.ksu.edu!rutgers!gatech!prism!msd!rhoward From: rhoward@msd.gatech.edu (Robert L. Howard) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: Usher shell replacement for Windows 3.0!! Message-ID: Date: 16 Jan 91 15:26:40 GMT References: <1991Jan15.035457.28891@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> <6588@mace.cc.purdue.edu> <1991Jan16.013854.1203@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> Sender: news@prism.gatech.EDU Organization: Georgia Tech Research Institute Lines: 54 In <1991Jan16.013854.1203@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> george@hobbes.ncsu.edu (George Browning) writes: >In article <6588@mace.cc.purdue.edu> dve@mace.cc.purdue.edu (zhou) writes: [High praise deleted...] >> I however have a few suggestions for a future version. >> Second >> the items About Usher, Reload Usher and Close Usher could be put in >> a group to save some length because they are not among the most >> frequently used. > I'll also put About, Reload, >and Close into a sub-menu. I have a slightly better idea (IMHO :-). What you do is create keywords that USHER will recognize for each of these fuctions and then I can put anywhere I like via the .INI file. Many X window managers (olwm) use this keyword concept. This lets me put all the commmands where I want them and even lets me leave some off if I think I'll never use them... >> The ability of putting seperating lines between items >> such as that found in BACKMENU (a right button menu utility) would >> make spoting items in a long list easier. >The separating lines is a great idea! I agree, I think a keyword that USHER would recognize for placing a line would provide sufficient flexibility. >> To be used as a shell, I (daringly) think that some macro like >> programmability would be nice. This, of course, could be a rather big >> task. It would also make USHER bigger. One of its attractive features is that it is *small*. > Expect that in the latest release. I'll >try to get Usher 1.01 out this weekend. What response! Great work. Robert -- | Robert L. Howard | Georgia Tech Research Institute | | rhoward@msd.gatech.edu | MATD Laboratory | | (404) 528-7165 | Atlanta, Georgia 30332 | | UUCP: ...!{allegra,amd,hplabs,ut-ngp}!gatech!msd!rhoward | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | "They [La Prensa] accused us of suppressing freedom of | | expression. This was a lie and we could not let them | | publish it." -- Nelba Blandon, Director of Censorship |