Re: OT: TUI applications

[Grant Rettke <gcr@wisdomandwonder.com>]

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On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 8:23 AM, Russell Adams <RLAdams@adamsinfoserv.com>
wrote:

> Given the unique user base of Org, I wanted to ask a question.
>
> Has anyone seen any modern development libraries for TUI (console /
> character cell) applications? Ncurses the library is
> not an answer as you have to start from scratch. There are thousands of
> web frameworks, and yet console is infinitely
> simpler than a LAMP stack, but there are no prepackaged libraries for
> working with it (ie: forms, widgets, etc).
>
> I frequently find myself in the position to need a small custom database
> application for this or that (contacts,
> invoicing, recipes!). Python (or similar) + SQLite seems like a no
> brainer, except I don't want webapps or a giant GUI
> program like libreoffice Base. I'd use something that was text forms based
> like an old dBase product.
>
> I've looked at Emacs forms, but they appear to be only for editing CSV
> data.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
> https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_mono/widget.html

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