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Date:      Sun, 1 Dec 1996 23:15:01 +1030 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:    text, menu/dialog/windowing, library, ideas?
Message-ID:  <199612011245.XAA29703@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>

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Argh!  Aren't there _any_ decent, simple, text windowing libraries out
there?

I've looked at :
 - libdialog (of sysinstall fame)
 - 'SAA' (from an obscure german FTP site)
 - D-Flat

Each of these falls short of expectations in one or more important
fashions.  libdialog is zorklike, and Jordan gives off bad emanations
about it.  'SAA' has a hideously unfriendly interface metaphor, and
D-Flat is a DOS monster written with no regard for structure,
documentation or portability.

Has anyone written or used a CUA-style package that offers the basic
stuff; a menubar, popup dialogs, form entry etc.?

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