portable text user interface

[Maxim Kasimov]

Steve Holden wrote:
> Maxim Kasimov wrote:
> 
>> Miki Tebeka wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Fuzzyman,
>>>
>>>
>>>>>> Are there widely used and recommended Python libraries that will
>>>>>> let me makes a portable text user interface?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> If you just need a text-like interface you can use Tkinter.
>>>>> See (shameless plug) http://developer.berlios.de/projects/bcd/ and
>>>>> http://developer.berlios.de/dbimage.php?id=1112 for example.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Your project looks very interesting. It would be better if it displayed
>>>> an error message if it can't find the '_bcdrc' file. If you run it from
>>>> windoze it just appears and disapears.
>>>>
>>>> How about allowing the '_bcdrc' file to be in the same directory as the
>>>> script as well.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Cool. A user!
>>> Thanks for the comments. I'll add searching next to the application on
>>> win32 platforms.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Any chance of you releasing the Tkinter text interface as a separate
>>>> library, with a less restrictive license ? It looks very good - but I
>>>> can't use it in my projects if it is GPL.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> It's just standard Tkinter Listbox with key bindings and it's under 160
>>> lines of code. Nothing special here.
>>>
>>> Bye.
>>> -- 
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Miki Tebeka <miki.tebeka at zoran.com>
>>> http://tebeka.bizhat.com
>>> The only difference between children and adults is the price of the toys
>>
>>
>>
>> i have not used Tcl/Tk before, and don't know how to solve the problem -
>>
>> after i've made config file (.bcdrc) and run the script on FreeBSD 4, 
>> i've got the message:
>>
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>   File "./bcd.py", line 177, in ?
>>     root = Tk() # Main window
>>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 1511, in 
>> __init__
>>     self.tk = _tkinter.create(screenName, baseName, className)
>> TclError: no display name and no $DISPLAY environment variable
>>
>>
> This is a problem with window creation. I presume it's occurring because 
> you aren't running the program in a windowed environment - if you've 
> logged in through a graphical screen such as xdm and you are running the 
> program in a window on a desktop the DISPLAY environment variable is 
> normally set up for you.
> 
> Perhaps you are just telnetting in from a remote system?
> 
> regards
>  Steve

yes i'm telneting (sshing), that is the reason why i'm looking for
libs for making text interfaces.
i know there is a project named "anakonda" - red hat linux installer,
but it is uses specific C libs. i can use only python libs.

-- 
Best regards,
Maxim