Tools to help with text mode (i.e. non-GUI) input
Roel Schroeven
roel at roelschroeven.net
Thu Jan 16 04:09:36 EST 2025
Op 11/01/2025 om 15:28 schreef Chris Green via Python-list:
> I'm looking for Python packages that can help with text mode input,
> i.e. for use with non-GUI programs that one runs from the command
> prompt in a terminal window running a bash shell or some such.
>
> What I'm specifically after is a way to provide a default value that
> can be accepted or changed easily and also a way to provide a number
> of different values to choose from.
>
> I.e. for the default sort of input one might see:-
>
> Colour? red
>
> Hitting return would return 'red' to the program but you could also
> backspace over the 'red' and enter something else. Maybe even better
> would be that the 'red' disappears as soon as you hit any key other
> than return.
>
>
> For the select a value type of input I want something like the above
> but hitting (say) arrow up and arrow down would change the value
> displayed by the 'Colour?' prompt and hitting return would accept the
> chosen value. In addition I want the ability to narrow down the list
> by entering one or more initial characters, so if you enter 'b' at the
> Colour? prompt the list of values presented would only include colours
> starting with 'b' (beige, blue, black, etc.)
>
>
> Are there any packages that offer this sort of thing? I'd prefer ones
> from the Debian repositories but that's not absolutely necessary.
Maybe pythondialog could be useful for this. I've never used it so I
can't really tell if it will fit your requirements, but at least it
seems worth a look. It looks like it supports text input with a default
value
(https://pythondialog.sourceforge.io/doc/widgets.html#single-line-input-fields).
The other thing you describe is, if I understand correctly, an input
with predefined values but also the ability to enter a custom value. At
first sight that doesn't seem to be provided.
PyPI page: https://pypi.org/project/pythondialog/
Home page: https://pythondialog.sourceforge.io/
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