looking for a UNIX curses-based screen manager
steve.j.alesch
sja2 at cbnewsd.ATT.COM
Fri Mar 2 11:48:44 AEST 1990
I'm developing a system which will use a character-based
user interface (not a graphical user interface, at least
initially). The intended user is not required to have any
computer literacy. They will be presented menus and
just type in one or two character commands as they work
their way thru the menus. When they get to the bottom of
the various threads of menus, they will be be presented with
various information and have the ability to type single
letter commands to do things like:
f - page forward
b - page backward
x - perform various operations on the info
h - get context sensitive help
e - exit to the previous menu
q - quit
I'll want to present these options via a line at the bottom
of the screen via a line like:
f[orward] b[ackward] x[operation] h[elp] e[xit] q[uit]:
Pretty standard stuff, right? Does anyone know of a UNIX
SVR3 based screen manager that would support this?
The target system is an AT&T 3B2/500 running UNIX System V R3.
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Steve Alesch, AT&T Bell Labs, ...!att!ihlpm!sja, (708)713-4188
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Steve Alesch, AT&T Bell Labs, ...!att!ihlpm!sja, (708)713-4188
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