Subj : Synchronet menu system
To   : Digital Man
From : Winzlo
Date : Mon Jul 20 2026 16:34:14

  Re: Synchronet menu system
  By: Digital Man to Winzlo on Mon Jul 20 2026 11:24 am

 DM> People have created menu editors for Synchronet in the past, including me,
 DM> and it turns out nobody uses them because they're too limiting. If you
 DM> look at a modern command shell (e.g. exec/default.js), it's pretty obvious
 DM> how to change it and there are no limitations on where you can go from
 DM> there. By contrast, any menu editor will have to have a limited number of
 DM> actions or verbs and supported syntax.

Totaly agree - canned menus can be nice, but they need to be customizable afterwards to fit the "personality" of the BBS.  meunedit.js should put me closer to having a workable replacement menu than if I were to try and alter an existing shell's command handler, screens, etc.  As said, coming from the world of systems where there is 0 actual development work to set up a menu system, this is a fairly moderate learning curve for something that is critical to the operational flow of tthe BBS.
-Winzlo

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