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TUI generally refers to a program that’s “full screen” with respect to the terminal it’s running in. Programs that don’t drive the whole terminal screen, inste
by michaelsbradley 5y ago
TUI generally refers to a program that’s “full screen” with respect to the terminal it’s running in.
Programs that don’t drive the whole terminal screen, instead generating output that may be mixed with other output in the same terminal, are often referred to as CLIs.
curses dates back to around 1980: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ncurses#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ncurses#History
- rsync 5y agoI guess but ... again, 'vim' or 'alpine' are very different than a constantly updating status like 'top'. I guess I'll just keep calling it a "top-like interface".
- michaelsbradley 5y ago> again, 'vim' or 'alpine' are very different than a constantly updating status like 'top' How so? What if `top` redrew the terminal screen if and when you pressed the r-key instead of using a timer?