From: Juergen Fiedler <juergen@...>
Date: 2006-01-05T01:44:24+09:00
Subject: IRC like interface

Hi,

I would like to try to write a text based Jabber client in Ruby, but 
being that I am rather new to it, I am running into problems already:
I would like a text based user interface that looks somewhat like the 
classic IRC clients: An input line at the bottom of the screen with the 
rest of the screen being available for asyncronous output.
If at all possible, I would also like to support the readline library 
for text input.
I figured I would use curses to keep input and output separated, 
maintaining a separate cursor position for text that is typed in and for 
text that comes in over a socket, for example. I have no idea, though, 
how to get readline into the equation - and even without that, I am not 
sure whether my approach would be really ideal.
Is there any easy to understand example code out there that would 
illustrate how to program a simple chat client with a text based user 
interface?

Any input would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
 -juergen

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