Just wondering. I don't really like menus that much myself, but it would make my future battle code so much easier...

can you elaborate on what you mean?

I mean the use of pop-up menus with a set of choices rather than typing in a command. For example shops you could have a menu with the list of items to you can buy (which you would click one, or the cancel button), or instead you could type in ‘buy (whatever)’. Using menus means it would be easier for me to write the game code (I wouldn’t have to figure out what the command means or check it’s valid), but it just feels like less of a text adventure when I do use them...

Well, apart from the fact that you have to create every menu, over and over again, where in-game text, you can make one procedure and then shorten the code... Menu's are OK for certain things.