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skwo

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Registered: 2008-11-13

Posts: 133

How to multi window console applications?

Hello. I would like to know how multi window console application developed? I mean take IRSSI for example, its a console application but it have at least 3 different areas (I maybe wrong, used it few times): 1. The chat Window, 2. user list (trough script I think), and 3. Typing area.
Its in console but have separated. I don't want to mess with GUI.
So please share the idea behind Multi-Window console applications!
Thanks!

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dyscoria

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Registered: 2008-01-10

Posts: 1,007

Re: How to multi window console applications?

Irssi uses ncurses:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ncurses

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pauldonnelly

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Registered: 2006-06-19

Posts: 776

Re: How to multi window console applications?

Hello. I would like to know how multi window console application developed? I mean take IRSSI for example, its a console application but it have at least 3 different areas (I maybe wrong, used it few times): 1. The chat Window, 2. user list (trough script I think), and 3. Typing area.
Its in console but have separated. I don't want to mess with GUI.
So please share the idea behind Multi-Window console applications!
Thanks!

You mean it runs in one window but this window is subdivided? Ncurses makes it pretty easy to do this.

skwo

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Registered: 2008-11-13

Posts: 133

Re: How to multi window console applications?

Hmm I see now, Ill try to get familiar with ncurses.
Thanks

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