Hello,

This is the current state of my text-based Perl "menu" script.  It pretty
much does everything I want with the exception of colors (two of my highly
influential users want colors).  I will therefore appreciate any help or
pointers.

-------------------------------------------------------------------
Program:

(See attached file: fofp_menu_gen.pl)

-------------------------------------------------------------------

Menu file:
(See attached file: projection.menu)

------------------------------------------------------------------

COMMAND:

xterm -cr blue -im +ls -ms blue \
-title "P   R   O   J   E   C   T   I   O   N      V  1.0" \
-fn "-schumacher-clean-medium-r-normal-*-*-120-*-75-*-*-*-*" -geometry
"116x72+100+10" \
-bg "#e0ffff" -fg black -e /PROJECTS/MENU/fofp_menu_gen.pl -m 2 \
-t                          P    R    O    J    E    C    T    I    O    N
' \
/PROJECTS/MENU/projection.menu &
exit


---------------------------------------------------------------

SAMPLE menufile


                  * DATA PICKUP TOOLS (Projection Coordinator/RA ONLY) *
SCRIPTS_DIR = /fof/proj/PRODUCTION

   OTHER SOURCES
HISTORY/ADDYEAR/MANUAL UPDATES
 * Pickup DEPOSIT                               ::
SCRIPTS_DIR->SCRIPTS/foo.sh
 * Pickup HISTORY (uses fofnet database)        ::
SCRIPTS_DIR->HISTORY_PICKUP/BIN/pickup_fofhistory.sh
 * Pickup RUTH                                  ::
SCRIPTS_DIR->SCRIPTS/fofproj_distributor.sh 202
 * Add a year of data to a database             ::
SCRIPTS_DIR->SCRIPTS/fofproj_distributor.sh 100
 * Pickup TFIN                                  ::
SCRIPTS_DIR->SCRIPTS/fofproj_distributor.sh 203
 * Update series manually                       ::
SCRIPTS_DIR->SCRIPTS/fofproj_distributor.sh 206

   SMALL Pickups                                           COMPARE
 * Pickup CONSUMER CREDIT                       ::
SCRIPTS_DIR->SCRIPTS/fofproj_small_updates.sh 1
 * CURRENT fofp and CURRENT fofproj             ::
SCRIPTS_DIR->SCRIPTS/fofproj_compare.sh 1
 * Pickup OFHEO INDEX                           ::
SCRIPTS_DIR->SCRIPTS/fofproj_small_updates.sh 2
 ? CURRENT fofproj and LAST GREENBOOK fofp      ::
SCRIPTS_DIR->SCRIPTS/fofproj_compare.sh _2
 * Pickup MUTUAL FUND FORECAST                  ::
SCRIPTS_DIR->SCRIPTS/fofproj_small_updates.sh 3
 * CURRENT fofp and current fofnet              ::
SCRIPTS_DIR->SCRIPTS/fofproj_compare.sh 3
 * Pickup MORTGAGES                             ::
SCRIPTS_DIR->SCRIPTS/fofproj_small_updates.sh 4

__________________

William Ampeh
Federal Reserve Board

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