[TUHS] Re: Jerq menuhit/mhit

[Andrew Hume <andrew@humeweb.com>]

i remember mhit well.

generally, most folks thought the user interface had gone wrong
if you needed to handle such large lists in a menu. so there was
a mild cultural prejudice against such things.

however, i needed it for a couple of projects, including circuit layout
software. you can imagine selecting chips from such a menu
and so on.

> On Jun 29, 2023, at 3:15 PM, Noel Hunt <noel.hunt@gmail.com> wrote:
> ...

> The earliest version in the Eight Edition jerq code, also has
> one function in the NMenu structure which is called when the
> mouse pointer invokes a hierarchical menu. By Ninth Edition
> this has been expanded, with 3 functions, one as above, one
> invoked when an item is selected ('hit') and one when a
> hierarchical menu is exited.
> 
> In the jerq code directories, under 'lib/jj', is a small 'ms'
> document, 'A Library of Goo for the 5620', which lists
> routines available in the library, and their authors. Andrew
> Hume is listed as the author of 'mhit'.
> 
> Are there examples of code using these three menu functions
> ('dfn', 'hfn', 'bfn')?