### pdmenu-1.2.59 README file

    Pdmenu, a simple menu program:

    	By Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>

    	This program is Copyright 1995-1999 by Joey Hess, and may be
    	distributed under the terms of the GPL.

    What is Pdmenu?

    	Pdmenu is a menuing system for Unix. It is designed to be easy to
    	use, and is suitable for a login shell for inexperienced users, or
    	it can just be ran at the command line as a handy menu.

    	Pdmenu features color support and GPM mouse support at the linux
    	console. It compiles on most varieties of Unix.

    	See Pdmenu's man pages for information about the format of the
    	pdmenurc file, and how to use the program.

    	I was prompted to write Pdmenu when I took a look at a shell script
    	that used dialog to generate similar menus. The shell script was
    	huge, complicated, and ugly, and had to be modified manually to add
    	anything to the menu. I hope that Pdmenu is better. :-)

    	For more info, visit Pdmenu's home page at:
    		http://kitenet.net/programs/pdmenu/

    Please see INSTALL for building and installation instructions.

    Precompiled binaries:

    	rpm:
            	If you use RedHat Linux, a pdmenu rpm is available.
    	        You'll find it on RedHat's ftp site, or at
            	http://kitenet.net/programs/RPMS.cgi#pdmenu
    	        These may be a little out of date, I don't update them with
    		each version. You can also build your own rpm using the
    		redhat/pdmenu.spec spec file.

    	deb:
    		If you use Debian Linux, a .deb of pdmenu is available from
    		ftp.debian.org or a mirror in the usual location. The pdmenu
    		source tree will also build a .deb on its own on a debian
    		system, just run "dpkg-buildpackage". Or you can download
    		the latest .deb from
    		http://kitenet.net/programs/debs.cgi#pdmenu

    A few sample uses of Pdmenu:

    	Here are a few ways I've used Pdmenu:

    	* Just a menu which users can get by typing pdmenu at the prompt.
    		(Suprise..)
    	* As a login shell. (Just change their shell, it works fine.)
    	* A neat trick is to put something like #!/usr/bin/pdmenu on the top
    		line of a pdmenu config file, and make the file executable.
    	* As a menu displayed when the system boots, or as a system monitor
    		menu.

    	There are several sample pdmenurc files that show off the features of
    	Pdmenu in the examples/ subdirectory.

    	Note that you try these at your own risk. If you put in a command
    	that lets a user get root, it's your own fault, not mine.

    Thanks go out to:

    	Rob Lesan, who builds RPMs of pdmenu for me, since I don't have a
    		redhat machine.
    	Randolph Chung, who helped me learn C and Linux, and who has put up
    		with all my questions to this day. And he threw together mouse
    		support for Pdmenu in no time flat one night, too.
    	Christiaan Keet, who asked for a menu program, and got it, and who
    		helped me with beta testing.
    	John E. Davis, creator of the S-Lang library, who's been willing to
    		answer questions about the less-documented parts.
    	Lassen Software, Inc, whose dos-based Program Manager Plus software
    		was the inspiration for this program.

    Please, send me feedback.

    	I welcome any comments, feature requests, or bug reports. Send them
    	to joey@kitenet.net. Please include the version number of pdmenu,
    	slang, and your operating system in bug reports.

    	If you are interested in becoming a Pdmenu beta tester, and/or being
    	notified of new releases, please mail me about it, and I'll add you
    	to the announce list.

    Joey Hess, <joey@kitenet.net>