Is npyscreen still alive?

[Tim Daneliuk]

On 4/24/23 11:32, Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2023-04-24, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> The other big advantage of an ncurses program is that since curses
>> support is in the std library, a curses app is simpler to
>> distribute.  Right now, the application is a single .py file you
>> just copy to the destination machine and run.  It supports
>> command-line use and a Tk GUI. I can add an ncurses "CUI" without
>> having to either adopt a more complex bundling mechanism that
>> requires it to be "installed" or require that users install
>> dependencies via pip/apt/yum/whatever.
> 
> However... I just realized that Python's curses support is missing two
> huge chunks: both menu and form support are not there.  I guess that
> explains why people feel the need to write high-level UI wrappers for
> Python curses: the high level stuff that curses does support is
> missing from the Python bindings.
> 
> Adding a curses UI for my app might not be feasible after all...
> 
> --
> Grant
> 


That's because the Gods Of Ancient Internets knew that all you
ever really need is VT220 escape sequences ... unless you
are one of the heathens that still program in HLLAPI on 327x
machinery ....   (I kid, I kid, NO one needs that pain ...)