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From: barmar@think.COM (Barry Margolin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: need name for hierarchical menus
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Date: 11 Apr 88 22:31:24 GMT
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Symbolics uses the following notation in their documentation.  When
they want to refer to a menu choice, they use [Choice].  If clicking on
[Choice] brings up another menu, they use the notation [Choice /
SubChoice], etc.  Since they use a three-button mouse, they also have
a notation for specifying the button (which defaults to the Left
button): [Choice (R) / SubChoice (M) / SubSubChoice] means to click
the Right button on Choice, then the Middle button on SubChoice, and
then the Left button on SubSubChoice.

In the case of Mac menus, I would suggest replacing the "/" above with
the ">" arrow that is used by the hierarchical menus themselves, e.g.
"[Choice > SubChoice > SubSubChoice] in the File menu".

Barry Margolin
Thinking Machines Corp.

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