ANN: urwid 0.8.0 curses-based UI/widget library - First Public Release

[Ian Ward]

urwid 0.8.0 - First Public Release
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Urwid is a curses-based UI/widget library.  It includes many features useful
for console application developers, including:

- Fluid interface resizing (xterm window resizing / fbset on Linux console)
- Multiple text alignment and wrapping modes built-in
- Ability to register user-defined text alignment and wrapping modes
- Simple markup for setting text attributes
- Powerful list box that handles scrolling between different widget types
- List box contents may be managed with a user-defined class
- Flexible edit box for editing almost any type of text
- Plain HTML screen shots


Example Programs:

tour.py 
  A list box showing the built-in widget types and modes.
  
fib.py 
  A Fibonacci set viewer that demonstrates a list box with infinite data.

edit.py 
  A text editor that starts-up instantly by lazily reading files.  It is
  suitable for editing text files with lines longer than the terminal width.

browse.py 
  A directory browser that displays directories in a single tree structure.
  It reads directories as required and lets you select multiple files.

calc.py
  A calculator program that shows its work.  It splits sub-expressions
  into separate columns for easy editing.


Urwid is licensed under the GNU GPL.

http://excess.org/urwid/

Ian Ward <ian#excess,org>


<P><A HREF="http://excess.org/urwid/">urwid 0.8.0</A> - curses-based UI/widget library with fluid interface resizing.  (24-Oct-04)