test shell question

> On 2006-01-06, <keyman8@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> > does anyone know if theres a shell out there that uses ncurses that i

> > config as I like, to run/handel programs or other items in a shell? I've
> > tried midnight commander and didn't care for it.

>
> There is no ncurses shell interface, but you can roll your own.
>
> The vast majority of terminals use the ISO-6429 standard (formerly
> ANSI x3.64) codes, so you can code a library of routines using
> this, and replace it with libraries for other terminals when
> necessary.
>

> > ======================================
> > 1. xxxxxxxxxx 5. xxxxxxxxxx
> > 2. xxxxxxxxxx 6. xxxxxxxxx
> > 3.xxxxxxxxxxxx 7xxxxxxxxx
> > 4.xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 8xxxxxxxx
> >
> > Command____________________
> > =====================================
> >
> > that's kind of what I am looking for the X's can be command to run

> > or get into the man/help files

>
> The full library is in my book, or may be downloaded from the
> Apress website. See my .sig for URL.
>
> Here's a sample:
>
> NL=$'\n'
> ESC=$'\e'
> CSI=${ESC}[
>

>
> printat()
> {
> printf "$CSI%d;%dH%s" "$1" "$2" "$3"
> }
>
> menu()
> {
> numitems=$#
> rows=$(( $numitems / 2 + $numitems % 2 ))
> row=0
> itemnum=1
> col=3
> baserow=3
> clear
> printat 1 1 "$bar"
> for item
> do
> printat $(( $baserow + $row )) $col
> printf "%2d. %s" "$itemnum" "$item"
> itemnum=$(( $itemnum + 1 ))
> row=$(( $row + 1 ))
> if [ $row -eq $rows ]
> then
> row=0
> col=$(( $col + 20 ))
> fi
> done
> printat $(( $baserow + $rows + 3 )) 1 "$bar"
> }
>
> while :
> do
> menu qwe rztxyc uvibon asd fgh jkl zxc vbn a1s2d qweqweqw sdf sdrt EXIT
> printat $(( $baserow + $rows + 2 )) 1 " Command: "
> read num
> [ $num -eq $numitems ] && break
> : do whatever with user input
> done
> echo
>
> --
> Chris F.A. Johnson <http://cfaj.freeshell.org>
> ================================================== =================
> Author:
> Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress)