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On 14/01/2025 00:20, Grant Edwards via Python-list wrote:
> On 2025-01-13, Alan Gauld via Python-list <python-list@python.org> wrote:
> 
>> All of that is possible in curses, you just have to code it.
> 
> All of that is easy with curses in C.  Unfortunately, the high level
> "panel" and "menu" curses subystems that make it easy aren't included
> in the Python curses API,

panel is included. Just import curses.panel.

menu unfortunately isn't but it's not difficult to roll
your own by creating a window with a list of options, provided
you don't try to get too fancy(submenus etc).

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