Re: Menubar problems

The menu bar is entirely mouseable.  With an enhanced display it's 
attractive.  Adding radio buttons for various selections and choices is 
huge improvement over 24 function keys.  The implementation is difficult 
partly because so many shops that haven't had a terminal on premises for 
years still insist on programming for the lowest possible configuration. 
How many people still won't use yellow for a color because of column 
separators, for example?

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Booth Martin
Booth@MartinVT.com
http://www.MartinVT.com
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"James W. Kilgore" <eMail@James-W-Kilgore.com>
Sent by: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
04/20/2001 03:14 AM
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        Subject:        Re: Menubar problems
Cary,

I don't know if anyone has told you this, but menubar is a cruel joke
created by some sick individual. Don't go there.  Run fast, run far.

Why not just place F7=Edit paragraph at the bottom of the screen?

If someone wants to edit a paragraph what do they have to do?  Place the
cursor, press a key to activate the menu bar, press another key to
activate the function they want.

IMHO, skip the menu bar.  Place the cursor, press F7.

"Kellems, Cary" wrote:
> 
> Has anybody encountered the following problem?
> When I use the following DDS:
> 
> A            SLT            2Y 0B  1  2SNGCHCFLD(*NOAUTOSLT *NOSLT
> A                                      OENT)
> A                                      CHOICE(1 '>Edit Paragraph')
> A                                      CHCACCEL(1 'F7')
> A                                      CHOICE(2 '>Insert Paragraph
> A                                      CHCACCEL(2 'F6')
> 
> The choices display as Edit Paragraph instead of Edit Paragraph.  {where 
the
> 'd' is underline when the 'E' should be underlined}  The actual function
> works just great, that is when the "E" is pressed then it takes that 
option.
> Is there a PTF for this or is it just a programming error on myside?
>
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