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Re: Tools to help with text mode (i.e. non-GUI) input

From	Chris Green <cl@isbd.net>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Subject	Re: Tools to help with text mode (i.e. non-GUI) input
Date	2025-01-14 09:15 +0000
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Alan Gauld <learn2program@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 14/01/2025 00:20, Grant Edwards via Python-list wrote:
> > On 2025-01-13, Alan Gauld via Python-list <python-list@python.org> wrote:
> > 
> >> All of that is possible in curses, you just have to code it.
> > 
> > All of that is easy with curses in C.  Unfortunately, the high level
> > "panel" and "menu" curses subystems that make it easy aren't included
> > in the Python curses API,
> 
> panel is included. Just import curses.panel.
> 
> menu unfortunately isn't but it's not difficult to roll
> your own by creating a window with a list of options, provided
> you don't try to get too fancy(submenus etc).
> 
Yes, thanks all, maybe just straightforward curses is the way to go.
Looking at some of the 'cleverer' ones they end up looking remarkably
like GUI code, in which case I might as well use a GUI. I have written
a (fairly simple) Gtk based python program, I was just trying to avoid
all the GUI overheads for a little new project.

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Chris Green
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Re: Tools to help with text mode (i.e. non-GUI) input Alan Gauld <learn2program@gmail.com> - 2025-01-14 08:56 +0000
  Re: Tools to help with text mode (i.e. non-GUI) input Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2025-01-14 09:15 +0000
    Re: Tools to help with text mode (i.e. non-GUI) input Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com> - 2025-01-14 19:54 -0500
    Re: Tools to help with text mode (i.e. non-GUI) input Alan Gauld <learn2program@gmail.com> - 2025-01-16 01:06 +0000

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