Re: using emacs for a menuing system?

[Kevin Rodgers]

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.

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Kevin Rodgers