Re: [Haskell-beginners] How to write console apps? Can't find any library, tutorial... at all

On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 12:13 PM, Silent Leaf wrote:

thanks a lot! will look into it then get back to you. :) it looks promising!

Le vendredi 20 mai 2016, Francesco Ariis a écrit :

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On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 06:36:20PM +0200, Silent Leaf wrote:

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All in the title!

I'm seeking a way to write a console app that isn't just asking questions one line after another with putStr and getLine. More something like Vim or Emacs when they're in the terminal (i don't wanna create a text ed, but it's the kind of programs i'm seeking to write: which takes up all the space on the screen, where you can write at many different places, and keyboard-driven, up to why not mouse- too, if the terminal (and haskell bindings) allow it.

I suppose ncurses [1] would do, or other curses packages!

[1] https://hackage.haskell.org/package/ncurses

I strongly recommend 'brick' [2]. It is very well engineered and documented. It will be much higher level than the interface provided by ncurses. [2] https://hackage.haskell.org/package/brick -- Benjamin Jones