Pure Python mini-DB and NCurses

[Ryan]

do you meen like the jed or joe (wierd linux editors) split screen? or
an actual windows type popup windows type thing?


sill at optonline.net (Rainy) wrote in message news:<slrn9ih0p2.fkq.sill at sill.silmarill.org>...
> On 14 Jun 2001 01:57:03 -0700, Ryan <ryanmorillo at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > I have been trying to figure out how to make a small database with the
> > shelve module, but either the interface to update it is beyond me or
> > I'm just not grocking some small attribute.  I realize that a real DB
> > would be more functional in most cases, but I just want to make a
> > small contacts list program that I can run on the workstation and on a
> > handheld, so I'm trying to make it so the db file can be imported from
> > one to the other and updated.
> > 
> > As for the ncurses I'm just trying to figure out why it would be used.
> >  If anyone has a reason other than novilty I would appreciate it as I
> > can't understand what Guido was thinking when he put it in.
> 
> I'm not sure I got your question right, but ncurses are useful for all kinds
> of console applications where you need windows, such as irc clients, news
> clients, mail clients, text editors and so on.