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    From Drillsar@VERT/GALAXY to All on Wed Apr 15 22:51:57 2026
    I am trying to make a default menu custom when you click on external programs. I read custom menu on wiki page. The default is I am guessing xtrn_sec.js. Is it possible to make a custom main menu? IF so how is this done? Thanks

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Drillsar on Thu Apr 16 10:20:33 2026
    Re: Custom Xtrn Menu?
    By: Drillsar to All on Wed Apr 15 2026 10:51 pm

    I am trying to make a default menu custom when you click on external programs. I read custom menu on wiki page. The default is I am guessing xtrn_sec.js. Is it possible to make a custom main menu? IF so how is this done? Thanks

    If you by "main menu" you mean the external program sections menu, the optional display file (that you would create) would be text/menu/xtrn_sec.*, see
    https://wiki.synchro.net/custom:menu_files for details.
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  • From nelgin@VERT/EOTLBBS to Drillsar on Thu Apr 16 14:30:31 2026
    Re: Custom Xtrn Menu?
    By: Drillsar to All on Wed Apr 15 2026 22:51:57

    I am trying to make a default menu custom when you click on external programs. I read custom menu on wiki page. The default is I am guessing xtrn_sec.js. Is it possible to make a custom main menu? IF so how is this done? Thanks

    Well, that doesn't really make sense since default.js is the default menu. xtrn_sec.js is the menu that controls all of the external programs. It can be customized somewhat without actually changing the program itself. What are you trying to achieve?

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to nelgin on Thu Apr 16 15:28:43 2026
    Re: Custom Xtrn Menu?
    By: nelgin to Drillsar on Thu Apr 16 2026 02:30 pm

    Well, that doesn't really make sense since default.js is the default menu.

    default.js is a command shell, and is not what I'd refer to as a menu.. A menu is what is displayed to the user with a number of options, and a command shell has multiple menus - For instance, the main/message menu, file menu, chat menu, and so on.

    Nightfox

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  • From Drillsar@VERT/GALAXY to All on Thu Apr 16 19:42:12 2026
    Re: Custom Xtrn Menu?
    By: nelgin to Drillsar on Thu Apr 16 2026 14:30:31

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  • From Drillsar@VERT/GALAXY to nelgin on Thu Apr 16 19:43:22 2026
    Re: Custom Xtrn Menu?
    By: nelgin to Drillsar on Thu Apr 16 2026 14:30:31

    I figured it out had to make a xtrnmenu. I found that wiki page. Thanks

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Drillsar on Fri Apr 17 16:33:23 2026
    Re: Custom Xtrn Menu?
    By: Drillsar to nelgin on Thu Apr 16 2026 07:43 pm

    Re: Custom Xtrn Menu?
    By: nelgin to Drillsar on Thu Apr 16 2026 14:30:31

    I figured it out had to make a xtrnmenu. I found that wiki page. Thanks

    xtrnmenu is an unsupported 3rd party alternative to the xtrn_sec module. Is that what you're referring to?
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