Subj : Menushell.js
To   : MRO
From : Rampage
Date : Fri Aug 28 2020 08:56 am

  Re: Menushell.js
  By: MRO to HusTler on Thu Aug 27 2020 17:35:07


 > a menu editor is so so so extremely limiting.
 > i have all kinds of custom stuff in my menus. a menu editor couldnt
 > accomplish that.

that depends on the menu editor and the foresight of the developer...

in my old RA setup, i had menu options that dropped you through other menu files that you never saw any output from but those menu files executed commands that would flip user flags and set security levels and drop you out
the other side looking at another menu on screen... just because it is a menu file doesn't mean that it has to display one menu screen and handle the options for it...

the best part about it was the dynamic display generation... there might be three "write mail" options but you only see one because of the access permissions to the others... at some point, more than one of those may be
active... instead of drawing a static screen with all three showing, the system would draw a screen with only those available to you on it...

we also had codes we could put in the screens we drew that could execute menu commands so while you are viewing this nice ansi being drawn, your security level is being updated and your access flags set... getting one's head
wrapped around it all was not easy but the finished product could be quite seamless...


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