On Aug 25, 12:37 pm, Daniel Eggleston <[email protected]> wrote:
> well, if you want a graphical program to run on the console, ncurses is your
> best bet.
> If you can put the whole program into a shell script, using 'source' will
> keep the environments together, but you said you wanted graphical, which
> precludes shell scripts... unless you want a CLI interface and feel like
> studying the ANSI codes to design your own (way more work).
>
> It sounds like you're trying to implement midnight commander. Seriously,
> try it out before getting too far. It's customizable, and you navigate with
> the arrow keys/enter, and it's a curses-type CLI program. Sounds like
> exactly what you'd be trying to create with your curses version, but it's
> already a mature, well-developed application.
>
There's not much GUI in this. Or at least there doesn't have to be.
The mouse is optional. Colored text isn't required. All that's really
needed is a cheap listbox kind of functionality.
Yes, but does the directory get changed permanently? I'm not looking
for a graphical shell (ie. "DosShell"). I still want to work directly
at the command line; I just want to move around with a bit more speed
and a bit less effort.
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