Subj : Menushell.js
To : MRO
From : echicken
Date : Tue Aug 25 2020 10:56 pm
Re: Menushell.js
By: MRO to echicken on Tue Aug 25 2020 18:59:09
MR> i dont really think a decent menu editor can be made.
It could be about as good as what Mystic and some other packages have. I find it limiting and a bit clunky, but some people prefer it.
MR> if he wants something where it shows him the lists of commands you can do and then assign a key and
MR> then it puts that into code and makes an ansi menu, i've done that like 11 years ago.
Mine was just a more flexible version of that, and covered most anything you would want to add to a menu on your BBS. It's broken now, but I might remake it at some point.
MR> i just think something like that is limiting and editing your own command shell really allows you to
MR> tweak what you want to do and stack commands.
Writing / modifying a shell is far better, and I would advocate for that approach before I started making some menu editor do crazy things. A lot of sysops probably aren't taking any special advantage of Baja or JS, though, and the end result would be about the same.
