Python interactive CLI application?

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I'm not even sure what these would be called? I used to write them in ADA running on VAX-VMS!

I want to make a simple menu-driven application that would let me display menus and use the cursor keys to navigate around them, choose items and navigate around the app. All fully old school text based.

I want to be able to take over the whole terminal window and display stuff in different places.

Is this possible in Python?

Levon · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-10T02:19:29.070

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Check out the Python HOWTO on Curses Programming with Python and here is the library reference.

edited Aug 10 '17 at 02:19

answered Jun 03 '12 at 19:17

Levon

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@MalphasWats happy to have been able to help. – Levon Jun 03 '12 at 19:37

score 10 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 23 '13 at 18:13

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Another easy to use library is Urwid - Console User Interface Library.

http://excess.org/urwid/

http://excess.org/urwid/examples.html

answered Feb 23 '13 at 18:13

Taha Jahangir

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 03 '12 at 19:15

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Yes, have a look at the different curses implementations.

answered Jun 03 '12 at 19:15

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