zmenu

Simple menu program for DOS

What's the point?

• Just for fun
• Batch menus in DOSBox limited to characters 0-9 and A-Z (max. ~36 entries)
• No simple way to use the arrow keys to navigate batch menus in DOSBox

Compiling

OpenWatcom: http://openwatcom.org/

Use Open Watcom v2: https://github.com/open-watcom/open-watcom-v2

Run the wmake command to compile.

The 32-bit executable can be compiled with the following command: wmake zmenu32

Usage

1. Put all the zmenu files in C:\ZMENU
   • You can change the default path in ZMENU.BAT
2. Update ZMENU.TXT to whatever entries you want in your menu
   • The examples should give you an idea what you need to write
3. Run ZMENU.BAT
4. Keys:
   • Up/down/left/right arrow keys
   • Enter runs the currently selected item
   • Esc to exit
   • You can also type a number to jump to index
     • Enter and escape keys work for accept/exit here as well
   • S-key to search a string, F3 to repeat the search