---------- > From: Dexter Graphic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: Dan Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [Eug-lug]Dan's text based computer system > Date: Monday, December 16, 2002 1:37 PM > > > I assume he'd be wise to use a menu system of some sort. I can help > > there as well, though I have not actually used any program that might be > > useful except for pdmenu, which is likely not what he would want. > > Why would he want/need a menu system? If he prefers text-based interaction > with his computer I would expect him to be able to issue console commands.
Oops, not quite so. Depending on what you mean by menus, I think optional ones, that can be disabled as one learns commands, are quite useful. At the novice level, pushing Alt or Ctrl would give a menu, with sub-menus to follow. Later, have main menus come on after a hesitation, then not at all. Similarly with sub-menus. Rather like CPM Wordstar from the seventies. > We're talking about a completely functional mail system here with all > of the above-mentioned programs configured and usable. Did you figure > in training and tech support? Do you think that he is going to be able > to do all the things you can without your walking him through it and > explaining ever step of the way? Hey, I can read also, and even ask questions. And sometimes I get intelligible answers. :) > I don't know how to be any more specific about this than I already have: > Dan needs to get a text-based mail system working on his system. He already > has Debian 3.0 installed and working fine. PPP and vwdial is already setup > and working. He needs fetchmail, sendmail, procmail, mutt, emacs, and aspell > configured so that he ends up with a fully functional GNU/Linux mail system. What I need is an email "package", with nice short "commands", but maybe that will have to come later. > You should be able to present Dan with a package price to get the job done. > That way he won't have to worried about costs escalating out of control. Joseph sounds like an "expert" on my system, and I don't think there'll be any problem. Dan _______________________________________________ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
