curses vs slang

[Grant Edwards]

In article <mailman.1002043861.11705.python-list at python.org>, Marco Mariani wrote:
> 
> I'm about to write a tty data-entry application on Linux.
> 
> Do you think I should go for the ncurses or the slang wrapper?

If I were you, I'd pick a high-level library like newt (uses
newt/slang) or something similar for ncurses (is there a Python
interface to CDK?).  If you're rolling your own widgets, then I
think ncurses is more heavyweight.

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