From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sacha Chua Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Text mode menu wishlist Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 09:45:26 +0800 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <87sn0ity6h.fsf@sachac.linuxboxen.org> References: <874rcz2m8z.fsf@sachac.linuxboxen.org> <87it1faxav.fsf@emacswiki.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1031622605 28728 127.0.0.1 (10 Sep 2002 01:50:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 01:50:05 +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 17oaAE-0007TB-00 for ; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 03:50:02 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17oakQ-0003jW-00 for ; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 04:27:27 +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 17oaAH-0003Fw-00; Mon, 09 Sep 2002 21:50:05 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17oa90-0003FA-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Sep 2002 21:48:46 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17oa8p-0003BZ-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Sep 2002 21:48:46 -0400 Original-Received: from pusit.admu.edu.ph ([202.138.180.130]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17oa8p-0003BU-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Sep 2002 21:48:35 -0400 Original-Received: from pusit.admu.edu.ph (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with ESMTP id 201051B53A for ; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 01:48:31 +0000 (UTC) Original-Received: from cersa.admu.edu.ph (cersa.admu.edu.ph [10.2.53.1]) by pusit.admu.edu.ph (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E7DF1B538 for ; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 09:48:25 +0800 (PHT) Original-Received: from sachac.linuxboxen.org (unknown [192.168.0.7]) by cersa.admu.edu.ph (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2B151C11D for ; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 09:50:06 +0800 (PHT) Original-Received: from sacha by sachac.linuxboxen.org with local (masqmail 0.2.11) id 17oa5m-3Ny-00 for ; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 09:45:26 +0800 Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <87it1faxav.fsf@emacswiki.org> (Alex Schroeder's message of "Mon, 09 Sep 2002 19:27:04 +0200") Original-Lines: 26 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090008 (Oort Gnus v0.08) Emacs/21.3.50 (i586-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:7789 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:7789 Alex Schroeder writes: > 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. tmm does that, doesn't it? Or, well, it uses the history mechanism, and you can pageup to get to the completion buffer... > 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 I can start studying ncurses and the Emacs C code if people feel that this is important enough. =) > 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. What would an ideal buffer-based menu be for you? Simple buffer, up and down and ret, tab, mouse clicks, ability to go up to the parent menu.. what else? =) -- Sacha Chua - 4 BS CS Ateneo geekette interests: emacs, gnu/linux, wearables, teaching compsci