python, Text-mode "windowing" libraries for Python?

Samuel A. Falvo
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Text-mode "windowing" libraries for Python?

Now I'm looking for something that let's me define a text-mode user
interface. In particular, something that lets me build the interface using
widgets, for example --

req = toolkit.NewRequestor( "Are you sure?" )
vpack = toolkit.NewVPacker()
req.AddChild( vpack )

label = toolkit.NewLabel( "Are you sure you want only 3 wishes?" )
vpack.AddChild( label )

hpack = toolkit.NewHPacker()
okButton = toolkit.NewButton( "OK", DoMyOKBidding )
noButton = toolkit.NewButton( "Cancel", DoMyNOBidding )
hpack.AddChildren( [okButton, noButton] )
vpack.AddChild( hpack )

req.Display()

Basically, I'm in need of some utilities which I'm writing that much be able
to execute via Telnet, but which also needs to have a half-way decent user
interface to them.

Any recommendations? Many thanks in advance for your considerations.

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Sun, 18 May 2003 03:00:00 GMT

Alexei Kichkin
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Text-mode "windowing" libraries for Python?

Quote:

> Now I'm looking for something that let's me define a text-mode user
> interface. In particular, something that lets me build the interface using
> widgets, for example --

> req = toolkit.NewRequestor( "Are you sure?" )
> vpack = toolkit.NewVPacker()
> req.AddChild( vpack )

> label = toolkit.NewLabel( "Are you sure you want only 3 wishes?" )
> vpack.AddChild( label )

> hpack = toolkit.NewHPacker()
> okButton = toolkit.NewButton( "OK", DoMyOKBidding )
> noButton = toolkit.NewButton( "Cancel", DoMyNOBidding )
> hpack.AddChildren( [okButton, noButton] )
> vpack.AddChild( hpack )

> req.Display()

> Any recommendations? Many thanks in advance for your considerations.

I guess it depends on OS you use.
For example unixes have ncurses (windows doesn't have),
linux has snack...

If you have linux -

import snack

scr=snack.SnackScreen()
result = snack.EntryWindow(scr,"Your wishes","Entry your wishes here",["First wish","Second wish","Last will"])
scr.finish()
print result

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Mon, 19 May 2003 13:25:47 GMT

William Tanksl
#3 / 7

Text-mode "windowing" libraries for Python?

Quote:

>Now I'm looking for something that let's me define a text-mode user
>interface. In particular, something that lets me build the interface using
>widgets, for example --

CDK appears to be very good, but it's C. There's a Perl and C++
interface, so I suspect that SWIG could slam it over to python pretty
easily.

http://www.vexus.ca/CDK.html

Of some possible interest (I've never played with it):
http://lists.katipo.co.nz/public/koha/2000-August/000038.html

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Mon, 19 May 2003 03:00:00 GMT

Grant Edwar
#4 / 7

Text-mode "windowing" libraries for Python?

Quote:

>linux has snack...

Snack should build without too much effor on anything that
supports slang (Most Unices, and perhaps Win32). Not that I've
used it on anything but Linux...

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Mon, 19 May 2003 03:00:00 GMT

Grant Edwar
#5 / 7

Text-mode "windowing" libraries for Python?

Quote:

>AK> I guess it depends on OS you use. For example unixes have ncurses
>AK> (windows doesn't have), linux has snack...

>On debian, snack seems to be in the python-newt package, but how can I
>get snack for some other linux? There don't seem to be any plain
>source packages out there.

It's tough to find. The last time I looked, you had to get it from the
source RPM directory on a RedHat site/CD. The most recent copy _I_ have
is at

<ftp://ftp.visi.com/users/grante/stuff/newt-0.50.tar.gz>

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Tue, 20 May 2003 03:00:00 GMT

Thomas Dicke
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Text-mode "windowing" libraries for Python?

Quote:

>>Now I'm looking for something that let's me define a text-mode user
>>interface. In particular, something that lets me build the interface using
>>widgets, for example --
> CDK appears to be very good, but it's C. There's a Perl and C++
> interface, so I suspect that SWIG could slam it over to Python pretty
> easily.

there's no C++ interface (I see a little bit of code to start).

Quote:

> http://www.vexus.ca/CDK.html

or
http://dickey.his.com/cdk/
ftp://dickey.his.com/cdk/

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Wed, 21 May 2003 09:01:19 GMT

Thomas Dicke
#7 / 7

Text-mode "windowing" libraries for Python?

Quote:

>>linux has snack...
> Snack should build without too much effor on anything that

it should, but doesn't (doesn't in fact build on all Linux's, something
which I discover each time I take a look at it).

Quote:

> supports slang (Most Unices, and perhaps Win32). Not that I've
> used it on anything but Linux...

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Wed, 21 May 2003 09:02:49 GMT