Subj : Re: Menushell.js
To : HusTler
From : Tracker1
Date : Fri Aug 28 2020 02:13 pm
On 8/27/2020 6:53 AM, HusTler wrote:
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> Thanks for the offer. I just wanted to convey my thoughts on a menu
> editor. I understand the "Syncronet Way" of doing things. It's a bit
> archaic but I can get by. When I paid for BBS package back in the day
> I looked for customization and support. I'm not going to see these
> things with free software. I can deal with that. I still think a menu
> editor would be nice to have for new SysOps.
I think that a few people have gone down the path of creating a menu
edited shell... the issue is, once someone understands things well
enough to create a menu editor, they no longer find the exercise
interesting as they can just edit their mods/shells directly.
I've started and dropped creating a UI for editing BIND files and every
time, I wind up just re-learning enough to make the changes I wanted to
directly, then give up on creating a more friendly ui/cli interface.
It's really a mixed bag, especially with non-commercial software as
things like a menu editor, while they would be nice are largely
unneeded. It's a bit more difficult for a Sysop to just jump in and
make changes, but that said, it gets to be "easy enough" that working
around the problem becomes a non-issue.
There's also the desire for more interactive menus, lightbars, listboxes
etc. I looked at my listbox menu, and frankly the code is scary to me
now that 17 years or so has gone by. I'm not even quite sure if it
works right or well, I've been re-creating some of my mods.
--
Michael J. Ryan
tracker1 +o Roughneck BBS
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