Ftxui: C++ Functional Terminal User Interface

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Post by ingve » Sat, Jun 05, 2021, 10:50 AM UTC

Ftxui: C++ Functional Terminal User Interface
github.com

Re: Ftxui: C++ Functional Terminal User Interface

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Post by HKCM852 » Sat, Jun 05, 2021, 11:26 AM UTC

Wow this look great. Does anyone have a good recommendation for the equivalent in Python?

Re: Ftxui: C++ Functional Terminal User Interface

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Post by antattack » Sat, Jun 05, 2021, 11:31 AM UTC

For a polished gui as FTXUI is I am surprised that horizontal bar movement is rather jerky, as it appears to move two steps forward, one step back.

https://arthursonzogni.com/FTXUI/examples/?file=./component/...

Re: Ftxui: C++ Functional Terminal User Interface

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Post by amelius » Sat, Jun 05, 2021, 11:45 AM UTC

It looks incredibly nice, but ... I still think a text UI that looks like a GUI is combining the worst of two worlds.

Re: Ftxui: C++ Functional Terminal User Interface

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Post by dangrie158 » Sat, Jun 05, 2021, 11:50 AM UTC

HKCM852 wrote: post #2

Wow this look great. Does anyone have a good recommendation for the equivalent in Python?

rich[0] has some nice Lay-out functionality [1]

[0]: https://github.com/willmcgugan/rich

[1]: https://www.willmcgugan.com/blog/tech/post/building-rich-ter...

Re: Ftxui: C++ Functional Terminal User Interface

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Post by kzrdude » Sat, Jun 05, 2021, 12:01 PM UTC

antattack wrote: post #3

For a polished gui as FTXUI is I am surprised that horizontal bar movement is rather jerky, as it appears to move two steps forward, one step back. https://arthursonzogni.com/FTXUI/examples/?file=./component/...

Compiling all the demos to wasm and showing on the site is what would have been such an impressive feature before and now seems common.

Re: Ftxui: C++ Functional Terminal User Interface

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Post by creamytaco » Sat, Jun 05, 2021, 12:22 PM UTC

C++ ensures this will never be used widely.

Re: Ftxui: C++ Functional Terminal User Interface

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Post by mofosyne » Sat, Jun 05, 2021, 12:30 PM UTC

I be curious to see if there is a Terminal User Interface that can also have a GUI mode as well if opened directly rather than in a terminal.

Re: Ftxui: C++ Functional Terminal User Interface

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Post by tyingq » Sat, Jun 05, 2021, 12:36 PM UTC

mofosyne wrote: post #8

I be curious to see if there is a Terminal User Interface that can also have a GUI mode as well if opened directly rather than in a terminal.

Those existed for a while when both DOS and Windows were popular at the same time. Foxpro was one example.

Re: Ftxui: C++ Functional Terminal User Interface

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Post by xixixao » Sat, Jun 05, 2021, 1:03 PM UTC

amelius wrote: post #4

It looks incredibly nice, but ... I still think a text UI that looks like a GUI is combining the worst of two worlds.

Except if you need to run the app on remote server.

VS Code shows how utterly difficult it is to get a GUI working well in that scenario.