hi andy,

On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 09:32:35PM +0800, Andy Sy wrote:

> Anyone out there have any comments regarding using curses
> (under Python or otherwise) for a database front end app?
> How's the mouse support, if any?

as far as i recall, mouse support is a kludge when dealing with text
UIs on *n*x. BUT... you would do well to look at the
documentation/source for 'gpm' to see how to interface your app with
gpm as your mouse server.

> Besides curses, are there any other nice text UI libraries 
> for use under Linux/*nix (preferably with Python bindings)?

'slang' and 'newt' come to mind as alternatives to n/curses.
you can also look for the python package 'snack'.

for something a bit more of a high-level wrapper around ncurses, look
for 'Tinter'.
 
good luck and tell us what you dig up.

eric
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