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From: cn@allgfx.agi.oz (Con Neri)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix,comp.sources.wanted,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re^2: Need Suggestions; Menu Software
Message-ID: <1990Jan5.062403.13104@allgfx.agi.oz>
Date: 5 Jan 90 06:24:03 GMT
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shields@nccn.yorku.ca (Paul Shields) writes:

>I wrote one three years ago and have been using it here at nccn.yorku.ca
>ever since.  The Institute for Space and Terrestrial Science adopted it
>as its standard U.I. in 1988.  

>I'll post it to the net if enough people out there want it.

>It is...
> - text based;
> - pleasing to look at;
> - terminal independent
>	-> makes use of termcap;
>	-> is command based, because there is not really any standard
>	   for cursor moves.
> - built to guide the computer-illiterate user
>	-> case-insensitive, 
>	-> commands and may be shortest unique string.
> - compact and fast;
> - a consistent menu hierarchy, not limited to a strict tree hierarchy
>   (ie: multiple roots and common sub-menus are ok.)
> - easy to configure;
> - loads the menu configuration when it runs, making it customizable on
>   a per-user / per-invocation basis; 
> - known to run on at least Xenix, MS-DOS, and BSD UNIX platforms;
> - written in C, with emphasis on modularity and portability. 

>The thing it doesn't do,

>>[...] The program must be able to exec() as the highest level shell

>It was designed to run under csh, to keep it small in size.  I haven't
>encountered problems with using it this way.

>I will provide you with full sources (110 KB) and all the documentation
>I have, if you'd like to have it. 

>Please let me know.

>--
>Paul Shields
>Programmer for the Native Computer Communications Network
>shields@nccn.yorku.ca

I would like a copy too please.

Con Neri