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Htop is an example of a good TUI but it doesn’t really look like a traditional “drawn” GUI. I think that is the distinction that parent is making. In a TUI en
by vbsteven 5y ago
Htop is an example of a good TUI but it doesn’t really look like a traditional “drawn” GUI.
I think that is the distinction that parent is making.
In a TUI environment (ignoring mouse support) traditional GUI elements and layouts often don’t make sense. Like one of the examples with all the radio buttons in small boxes.
The good TUI apps like htop, newsboat, mutt, vim/emacs, tmux all have mostly line-and-column oriented simple layout primitives.
- zozbot234 5y agoYou can use the TAB key and spacebar to navigate TUI widgets, there's no need for mouse support. TUI layouts can definitely be overdone, but they're also useful in many cases.
- ZoomZoomZoom 5y agoWhat's wrong with radio buttons in a TUI? The "good" htop uses checkboxes which is almost the same and works just fine.
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