On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 12:31:27PM -0700, Jack Woehr wrote: > In the mainframe world, there's a development env / filer called > ISPF <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISPF>. It's old-style terminal > oriented, so it's all nested number menus. You can nest down easy in > one entry, e.g., entering 1.7.2.5.6 gets you to feature 6 of feature > 5 of feature 2, etc ... > All the ISPF hacks know the whole tree, and can tell you, "Oh, you > want to do so-and-so? That's just 2.9.4.5 and then when you're done, > a 1.4.4.4.1 ..."
Back in the old days (before my encounters with ISPF - I'm still thinking about writing a clone of the fine TSO file editor) I had the entries of my Windows start menu renamed with a number prefix so I could start programs directly by typing a sequence of numbers (using nested subfolders of course). Regards Christian -- ....Christian.Garbs.....................................http://www.cgarbs.de If only woman came with pull-down menus & online help.
