[Gambas-user] ncurses

[Rob]

On Wednesday 09 March 2005 07:10, o.s.p wrote:
> i'm not a real programmer so i can't
> but with ncurses and gambas it would be possible to write
> configuration programs without X or database managers
> dos like and so on...
> the best would be an ncurses ide!

I looked into ncurses about 6 months ago when I was getting acclimated 
to the Gambas API.  It is a lot lower-level than Qt or Gtk despite 
being conceptually simpler, and I think there would be a lot more 
work involved in developing a set of controls that are compatible 
with gb.qt and gb.gtk.

However, there's also Tvision

http://tvision.sourceforge.net/

which is a GPL'ed port of Borland's famous Turbo Vision from the early 
90's.  While still a bit crude compared to Gtk and Qt, it might be 
better suited than ncurses for a console-mode GUI component.  It's 
not packaged as standard for any major distribution, but I'd 
certainly maintain it for Mandrake if a gb.tvision component were 
made.  I dunno if I'd be up to writing it myself, though.

Nonetheless, I agree that an ncurses component would be a good idea if 
it provided capabilities more in line with ncurses.... defining 
window areas, handling input, managing cursor location, etc.

It's also worth noting that there's a console version of Gtk, though I 
don't know how mature or maintained it is.

Rob