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From: bd@hpsemc.HP.COM (bob desinger)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: forms/menu mode ?
Message-ID: <690012@hpsemc.HP.COM>
Date: 22 Apr 88 16:24:47 GMT
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Organization: HP SEMC, Cupertino, CA
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James W. Gish (jwg1@bunny.UUCP) writes:
> I vaguely remember seeing something about a menu or forms package for
> gnuemacs some months back in this newsgroup.  I would like to get a
> copy. Can anyone point me in the right direction ?  Thanks.

I think you mean template-mode.  Its sources were posted on
comp.sources.unix or a related newsgroup about six (?) months ago.

Eager to use it for writing awk and shell scripts, I brought it up and
took it for a spin.  Its ideas were great and the code seemed very
robust, but after a while the "fill in the blanks" approach wore thin
on me.  I guess the creative act of script-development doesn't lend
itself to the non-creative actions of filling in a template, at least
for my tastes.  Filling out forms would be a much better use for it
than handling coding details, if you're like me.

-- bd