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User Interface Suggestions? (newbie)

jmp jeanmichel at sequans.com
Thu Oct 6 08:53:25 EDT 2016 
On 10/05/2016 11:33 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 8:19 AM, Beverly Howard <bev at bevhoward.com> wrote:
>> Thanks for the responses... appreciated.
>>
>>>> print("value value data data data", end="\r") <<
>>
>> That makes sense, but it also seems to suggest that there is no other way to position the cursor prior to printing.
>>
>> For example, if that line is halfway down the screen, is there any way to position the cursor two lines above it?
>>
>> fwiw, I am open to creating functions if there are positioning options, both to meet the need, but, more importantly, to learn.
>
> What I showed you was the very simplest way of doing things. If you
> want to move the cursor around, I would recommend the 'curses'
> library:
>
> https://docs.python.org/3/library/curses.html
> https://docs.python.org/3/howto/curses.html
>
> There are other ways, too; with more info on what you're trying to
> accomplish, we could better advise. It might be that a GUI will serve
> you well, particularly if you have several pieces of information that
> you want to update.
>
> ChrisA

Since someone mentioned curses, I'll add that I've used npyscreen (built 
on top of ncurses), successfully, creating small guis with very few code 
lines.
If you like oldschool gui, it's a must.

http://npyscreen.readthedocs.io/introduction.html

jm
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