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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