Re: Is npyscreen still alive?

2023-04-24 Thread Michael Torrie
On 4/21/23 15:57, Barry wrote: > Maybe this, recently lwn.net article, https://textual.textualize.io/ > I was planning to check it out. Textual definitely looks slick and modern. And with a modern terminal emulator it works quite well and is responsive. I'd definitely consider it for a TUI.

Re: Is npyscreen still alive?

2023-04-24 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2023-04-24, Michael Torrie wrote: > On 4/21/23 15:57, Barry wrote: > >> Maybe this, recently lwn.net article, >> https://textual.textualize.io/ I was planning to check it out. > > Textual definitely looks slick and modern. And with a modern > terminal emulator it works quite well and is

Re: Is npyscreen still alive?

2023-04-24 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2023-04-24, Grant Edwards wrote: > The other big advantage of an ncurses program is that since curses > support is in the std library, a curses app is simpler to > distribute. Right now, the application is a single .py file you > just copy to the destination machine and run. It supports >

Python curses missing form library?

2023-04-24 Thread Grant Edwards
Does the Python curses support in the standard library not include support for the curses form library? It seems to include support for the panel library, but I can't find any mention of the form library. I see in the docs that menu support is still missing. :/ -- Grant --

JOB | Linux Platform Engineer (India and Singapore)

2023-04-24 Thread James Tobin
Hello, i'm working with an employer that is looking to hire a Linux platform engineer for their office in India and Singapore that has experience in automation and management of platform configuration from both an onprem and cloud perspective. Consequently, I had hoped that some members may like

Re: Incomplete sys.path with embeddable python (Windows)!?

2023-04-24 Thread jak
Ralf M. ha scritto: Am 22.04.2023 um 03:27 schrieb Greg Ewing via Python-list: How are you invoking your script? Presumably you have some code in your embedding application that takes a script path and runs it. Instead of putting the code to update sys.path into every script, the embedding

Re: Is npyscreen still alive?

2023-04-24 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 4/24/23 10:32, Grant Edwards wrote: On 2023-04-24, Grant Edwards wrote: The other big advantage of an ncurses program is that since curses support is in the std library, a curses app is simpler to distribute. Right now, the application is a single .py file you just copy to the destination

Re: Python curses missing form library?

2023-04-24 Thread Alan Gauld
On 24/04/2023 17:26, Grant Edwards wrote: > Does the Python curses support in the standard library not include > support for the curses form library? It seems to include support for > the panel library, but I can't find any mention of the form library. I don't believe so. If you are building

Re: Python curses missing form library?

2023-04-24 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2023-04-24, Alan Gauld wrote: > On 24/04/2023 17:26, Grant Edwards wrote: >> Does the Python curses support in the standard library not include >> support for the curses form library? It seems to include support for >> the panel library, but I can't find any mention of the form library. > > I

Re: Is npyscreen still alive?

2023-04-24 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2023-04-24, Mats Wichmann wrote: > On 4/24/23 10:32, Grant Edwards wrote: > >> However... I just realized that Python's curses support is missing two >> huge chunks: both menu and form support are not there. I guess that >> explains why people feel the need to write high-level UI wrappers for

Re: Is npyscreen still alive?

2023-04-24 Thread Michael Torrie
On 4/24/23 08:04, Grant Edwards wrote: > Is putty running on Windows a "modern terminal emulator" in this > context? After observing some of the local IT types work, I suspect > that will be a common use-case for the app I'm working on. Yes, Putty qualifies as a "modern terminal emulator." It

Re: Is npyscreen still alive?

2023-04-24 Thread Tim Daneliuk via Python-list
On 4/24/23 09:14, Stefan Ram wrote: Grant Edwards writes: The other big advantage of an ncurses program is that since curses support is in the std library, a curses app is simpler to distribute. IIRC curses is not in the standard library /on Windows/. I miss a platform independent

[Python-announce] python-oracledb 1.3.1

2023-04-24 Thread Anthony Tuininga
What is python-oracledb? python-oracledb is a Python extension module that enables access to Oracle Database for Python and conforms to the Python database API 2.0 specifications with a number of enhancements. This module is intended to eventually replace cx_Oracle. Where do I get it?

Re: Is npyscreen still alive?

2023-04-24 Thread Tim Daneliuk via Python-list
On 4/24/23 11:32, Grant Edwards wrote: On 2023-04-24, Grant Edwards wrote: The other big advantage of an ncurses program is that since curses support is in the std library, a curses app is simpler to distribute. Right now, the application is a single .py file you just copy to the destination