* using emacs for a menuing system?
@ 2005-01-20 14:14 Mike
2005-01-21 17:13 ` Kevin Rodgers
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From: Mike @ 2005-01-20 14:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
I've been thinking what it would be like (good and bad) to
present emacs to my operators as a menuing system. They could
make selections similiar to the M-x customize type interfaces,
the selections could do rsh/ssh type jobs, start and stop
machines, etc.
The only downside I see so far is the huge size of emacs.
Has anyone done this?
Mike
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* Re: using emacs for a menuing system?
2005-01-20 14:14 using emacs for a menuing system? Mike
@ 2005-01-21 17:13 ` Kevin Rodgers
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From: Kevin Rodgers @ 2005-01-21 17:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
Mike wrote:
> I've been thinking what it would be like (good and bad) to
> present emacs to my operators as a menuing system. They could
> make selections similiar to the M-x customize type interfaces,
> the selections could do rsh/ssh type jobs, start and stop
> machines, etc.
>
> The only downside I see so far is the huge size of emacs.
I don't think Emacs is suitable for that task. The point of a menu
system is to constrain the user; the point of Emacs is to empower the
user.
--
Kevin Rodgers
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