On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 10:00 AM, bob gailer <bgai...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/17/2010 12:30 AM, Bill Allen wrote: > >> I am looking for some guidance about how to best utilize box drawing >> characters(using unicode?) in as portable a way as possible in Python. Any >> good guides out there for this? >> > > Please tell us a bit more about your goals. > > > I want to be able to create some user interfaces, similar to what you see in console based programs like Midnight Commander or other TUI type programs that use box drawing characters to create a user interfaces for input and display of information. However, I do want them to be portable to most platforms that Python will run on. I have actually found much more information on designing fully graphical GUI interfaces using Tk or Qt or GTK, but I know the other type is possible. I suppose I have a preference for the older console type programs. Bill
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