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On 15/01/2025 00:54, Grant Edwards via Python-list wrote:

> are your friend. If that's not sophisticated enough the gnu "readline"
> library with a simple command processor is a common next step.

On that front the cmd module in Python is often overlooked
but is useful for structuring a non-GUI-like text UI.

It doesn't support mouse or screen mapping or colours etc.
But if all you want/need is a pdb type interface it works well.

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