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From: throop@aurs01.UUCP (Wayne Throop)
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Subject: Re: GUI Perl (or shell)
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Date: 21 Feb 91 19:56:34 GMT
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> marc@athena.mit.edu (Marc Horowitz)
>> throop@aurs01.UUCP (Wayne Throop)

>> For now, I use a workaround of using "xterm" to create menus,
>> selection boxes, and so on and on.
> What kind of machine are you using, a Cray?  Forking xterms to create
> menus is, ahh, hardly efficient.

Gosh, I hope nobody thought I was saying it was efficent, or even
reasonable to do this.  All I was saying was that this is what I
was driven to do in desperation.

Several people (including Marc) have included posted or mailed
pointers to better alternatives, and these pointers are most appreciated.

Wayne Throop       ...!mcnc!aurgate!throop