From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alex Schroeder Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Text mode menu wishlist Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2002 19:27:04 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <87it1faxav.fsf@emacswiki.org> References: <874rcz2m8z.fsf@sachac.linuxboxen.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1031592417 419 127.0.0.1 (9 Sep 2002 17:26:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 17:26:57 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17oSJL-00006a-00 for ; Mon, 09 Sep 2002 19:26:55 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17oStN-0008Sp-00 for ; Mon, 09 Sep 2002 20:04:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17oSJN-0006a5-00; Mon, 09 Sep 2002 13:26:57 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17oSHF-0006Kk-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Sep 2002 13:24:45 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17oSH9-0006Je-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Sep 2002 13:24:44 -0400 Original-Received: from relay01.cablecom.net ([62.2.33.101]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17oSH9-0006Ix-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Sep 2002 13:24:39 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp.swissonline.ch (mail-4.swissonline.ch [62.2.32.85]) by relay01.cablecom.net (8.12.5/8.12.5/SOL/AWF/MXRELAY/20020820) with ESMTP id g89HOb20009442 for ; Mon, 9 Sep 2002 19:24:37 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from alex@emacswiki.org) Original-Received: from confusibombus (dclient217-162-239-98.hispeed.ch [217.162.239.98]) by smtp.swissonline.ch (8.11.6/8.11.6/SMTPSOL/AWF/2002040101) with ESMTP id g89HObF03208 for ; Mon, 9 Sep 2002 19:24:37 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: from alex by confusibombus with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17oSJU-00009C-00 for ; Mon, 09 Sep 2002 19:27:04 +0200 Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Face: ^BC$`[IcggstLPyen&dqF+b2'zyK#r.mU*'Nms}@&4zw%SJ#5!/7SMVjBS7'lb;QK)|IPU5U'o1'522W4TyzB3Ab*IBo^iw]l4|kUbdZuUDO6=Um-.4IzhNiV'B"@K#jy_(wW|Zbk[34flKY^|PrQ?$u2\fKg^]AY>wOX#H32i In-Reply-To: <874rcz2m8z.fsf@sachac.linuxboxen.org> (Sacha Chua's message of "Mon, 09 Sep 2002 23:53:00 +0800") Original-Lines: 19 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090008 (Oort Gnus v0.08) Emacs/21.2.90 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:7758 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:7758 Sacha Chua writes: > I'd like to know people's thoughts on this. You can either add to > the wiki, post to emacs-devel or e-mail me directly, and I'll keep > the wiki page updated. =) People like me would like a simple buffer where we can use up and down and RET to select a menu entry. This can be done in Lisp and works for me. Other people would like to see "real" menus in the console, but that requires messing with the C code. The basic stuff is already there in the MSDOS port (which has "real" menus), all we need is to do is port that to curses or something. I think this would also work for the blind which will probably use emacs -nw anyway. But it would not be enough for me if I wanted to use a buffer-based menu eventhough I am running X. Alex.