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

From	Alan Gauld <learn2program@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Subject	Re: Tools to help with text mode (i.e. non-GUI) input
Date	2025-01-16 01:06 +0000
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On 15/01/2025 00:54, Grant Edwards via Python-list wrote:

> are your friend. If that's not sophisticated enough the gnu "readline"
> library with a simple command processor is a common next step.

On that front the cmd module in Python is often overlooked
but is useful for structuring a non-GUI-like text UI.

It doesn't support mouse or screen mapping or colours etc.
But if all you want/need is a pdb type interface it works well.

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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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