Python interactive CLI application?

Question

I'm not even sure what these would be called? I used to write them in ADA running on VAX-VMS!

I want to make a simple menu-driven application that would let me display menus and use the cursor keys to navigate around them, choose items and navigate around the app. All fully old school text based.

I want to be able to take over the whole terminal window and display stuff in different places.

Is this possible in Python?

Answer 1

Check out the Python HOWTO on Curses Programming with Python and here is the library reference.

Answer 2

Another easy to use library is Urwid - Console User Interface Library.

http://excess.org/urwid/

http://excess.org/urwid/examples.html

Answer 3

Yes, have a look at the different curses implementations.