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panel: The entries in a GMS menu, occupying either one or more rows (menu bar) or one or more columns (transient menu).

panel constructor: A procedure called when the user selects a dynamic menu entry, or when a preconstructed menu is compiled. The procedure constructs and returns a specification for a transient menu.

Peer Menu Connection: A connection that links two adjacent entry or divider templates in a menu.

Popup Menu: A freestanding menu that can appear anywhere in a G2 window in response to a mouse click.

Popup Menu Template: A template that defines a popup menu.

posting callback procedure: A procedure that GMS calls whenever a particular menu is displayed or undisplayed.

preconstructed menu: A menu defined by a panel constructor at compilation time rather than at display time.

preconstruction: The practice of constructing a dynamic menu once when its specification is compiled, rather than reconstructing it every time it is to be displayed.

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