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ultrageranium
@320x200@post.lurk.org  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

Anyone can recommend forgotten books about designing and programming text user interfaces (TUI) for consoles/terminals, also known as screen design back in the 80s?

Not curses or using existing libraries, but more like relying directly on ANSI/VT100 control sequences. And no, I'm not asking for a list of escape sequences :)

The kind of material I'm thinking of is something close to the 1989 "Programming the User Interface: Principles and Examples" by Judith R. Brown and Steve Cunningham. But focused on TUI exclusively. The more (pseudo-)code, the better.

#ansi #vt100 #terminal #tui #console

front cover of the book mentioned. It's a simples design with a centre image showing elements of user interfaces. One is text-based, another one shows some RGB sine waves, another some gradients, and no idea about the last one :)
front cover of the book mentioned. It's a simples design with a centre image showing elements of user interfaces. One is text-based, another one shows some RGB sine waves, another some gradients, and no idea about the last one :)
front cover of the book mentioned. It's a simples design with a centre image showing elements of user interfaces. One is text-based, another one shows some RGB sine waves, another some gradients, and no idea about the last one :)
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