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free42 Custom Menus

Author: Mitch Richling
Updated: 2025-10-08 15:00:45

Copyright 2025 Mitch Richling. All rights reserved.

Table of Contents

1. Metadata

2. My Custom Menu

Instead of using the CUSTOM menu for my programs, I use a program that makes a nice menu. I then put this program in the CUSTOM menu.

Menu Function/Program  
SFUN   https://richmit.github.io/hp42/math.html
MATH:POLY   https://richmit.github.io/hp42/math.html
MATH:FUNC FMENU https://richmit.github.io/hp42/pgmforfun.html
MATH:VEC3   https://richmit.github.io/hp42/math.html
MATH:NLA   https://richmit.github.io/hp42/math.html
BASE   https://richmit.github.io/hp42/base.html
PHIL   https://richmit.github.io/hp42/phil.html
MEAS   https://richmit.github.io/hp42/meas.html
DATE DMENU https://richmit.github.io/hp42/date.html
CONS   https://richmit.github.io/hp42/cons.html
UNIT   https://richmit.github.io/hp42/unit.html
SIPFX   https://richmit.github.io/hp42/unit.html
UPROP   https://richmit.github.io/hp42/uprop.html

2.1. Menu Code

@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ (CUST)
@@@@ DSC: Auto-generated menu program
LBL "CUST"
LBL 01            @@@@ Page 1 of menu CUST
CLMENU
"SFUN"
KEY 1 XEQ "SFUN"
"MATH"
KEY 2 GTO 03
"BASE"
KEY 3 XEQ "BASE"
"PHIL"
KEY 4 XEQ "PHIL"
"MEAS"
KEY 5 XEQ "MEAS"
"DATE"
KEY 6 XEQ "DMENU"
KEY 7 GTO 02
KEY 8 GTO 02
KEY 9 GTO 00
MENU
STOP
GTO 01
LBL 02            @@@@ Page 2 of menu CUST
CLMENU
"CONS"
KEY 1 XEQ "CONS"
"UNIT"
KEY 2 XEQ "UNIT"
"SIPFX"
KEY 3 XEQ "SIPFX"
"UPROP"
KEY 4 XEQ "UPROP"
KEY 7 GTO 01
KEY 8 GTO 01
KEY 9 GTO 00
MENU
STOP
GTO 02
LBL 03            @@@@ Page 1 of menu MATH
CLMENU
"POLY"
KEY 1 XEQ "POLY"
"FUNC"
KEY 2 XEQ "FMENU"
"VEC3"
KEY 3 XEQ "VEC3"
"NLA"
KEY 4 XEQ "NLA"
KEY 9 GTO 01
MENU
STOP
GTO 03
LBL 00 @@@@ Application Exit
EXITALL
RTN
@@@@ Free labels start at: 4

3. Create system CUSTOM Menu

This program creates a CUSTOM menu.

KEY# ASSIGNment Only On
1 CUST  
2    
3    
4    
5 EEPFX  
6 ¦¦  
7 VirtV DM42
8    
9    
10    
11    
12    
13 SST  
14 SST↑  
15 SST→  
16 GTO  
17 XEQ  
18 VIEW DM42
18 PRV !DM42 
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ (MKCM)
@@@@ DSC: Autogenerated menu program
LBL "MKCM"
CLKEYS
ASSIGN "CUST" TO 01
ASSIGN "EEPFX" TO 05
ASSIGN "||" TO 06
SF 25
RCL "GrMod"
FS?C 25
ASSIGN "VirtV" TO 07
ASSIGN "SST" TO 13
ASSIGN "SST↑" TO 14
ASSIGN "SST→" TO 15
ASSIGN "GTO" TO 16
ASSIGN "XEQ" TO 17
SF 25
RCL "GrMod"
FS?C 25
ASSIGN "VIEW" TO 18
SF 25
RCL "GrMod"
FC?C 25
ASSIGN "PRV" TO 18
RTN

4. Set some of my personal prefrences

@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ (SPREF)
@@@@ DSC: Set some of my personal prefrences
@@@@ IN:  N/A
@@@@ OUT: N/A
@@@@ TST: free42_3.0.2
@@@@ BUG: This sets some of *my* favorite prefrences.  You might not like them. ;)
@@@@ UPD: 2021-04-05
LBL "SPREF"
FUNC 00
ALL     @@@@ Display all digits
RECT    @@@@ Complex number format
RAD     @@@@ Angle mode
CPXRES  @@@@ Complex results
RDX.    @@@@ Use periods
KEYASN  @@@@ Custom menu
DECM    @@@@ Make sure we are in decimal mode
64      @@@@ WSIZE
FS? 78
BSIGNED @@@@ Unsigned integer mode
FS? 79
BWRAP   @@@@ Don't wrap integers
DMY     @@@@ D.MY mode
CLK12   @@@@ AM/PM mode
4STK    @@@@ Four level stack
EXITALL @@@@ Exit menus
RTN
END

5. EOF