Subj : Menushell.js
To   : echicken
From : Nightfox
Date : Sun Aug 23 2020 10:22 am

 Re: Menushell.js
 By: echicken to Nightfox on Sun Aug 23 2020 12:43 pm

Ni>> That reminds me, I was curious if you plan to update menuedit.js, or
Ni>> do you no longer have much interest in it?

ec> I have no use for it myself, so "interest" is sort of meh. I'd rewrite it
ec> as a public service if it's something that people (mostly new sysops)
ec> want.

ec> The core idea was to create something that generates a menu spec (an INI
ec> or JSON file) which can be read and handled by any number of command shell
ec> templates. (I think I made a basic hotkey shell and a lightbar one.)

ec> It worked, but I wasn't thrilled with it and never really recommended its
ec> use. I imagine I could do a better job today.

I imagine new Synchronet sysops might find something like that useful.  When I started using Synchronet, I think one of the most different things about Synchronet I noticed was that it uses command shells for its menu system and doesn't have a menu editor like many other BBS packages do.

Nightfox

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