From: Jason Roelofs <jameskilton@...>
Date: 2007-11-12T00:00:08+09:00
Subject: Re: How to write a nice (complex) console app?

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On Nov 11, 2007 9:50 AM, kazaam <kazaam@oleco.net> wrote:

> Hi,
> how can I do a nice console interface? I wanna do something like this her:
>
> -----------------------------------------------------
> |Entry1     |Subitem1 of Entry1                     |
> |Entry2     |Subitem2 of Entry1                     |
> |Entry3     |Subitem3 of Entry1                     |
> |           |                                       |
> |           |---------------------------------------|
> |           |Content of Subitem1 of Entry1          |
> |           |                                       |
> |           |                                       |
> |           |                                       |
> |           |                                       |
> |           |                                       |
> |           |                                       |
> |-----------|---------------------------------------|
>
> With the up and down keys I wanna scroll within the three different areas.
> And with scroll I really mean scroll,e.g. one entry could have 10 subitems
> which don't fit all at once in this area so with going up & down this area
> must be redrawn if neccessary. The actually selected entry should also be
> highlighted...
>
> And with the left and right keys I wanna jump between the three different
> areas.
>
> But I've no idea how to do this task?
>
> Could someone just point me in the right direction which gem or lib I
> need? It should be Utf-8 compatible..
>
> The whole thing shall be working under linux.
>
>
> bye
>
>
You want ncurses.

Don't know what's available for ncurses in Ruby though.

Jason

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