On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 08:41:10AM +0000, Stephen Borrill wrote:
> 
> Sorry, I wasn't clear enough. I wasn't proposing using curses, 
> it's just that the menu code I have currently uses it. The code could be 
> used with another method of positioning (and thus lose the reliance on 
> curses entirely).
> 

But then you will need to manage the screen and ensure the updates are
done yourself.  Also you have the fun of assembling multi-char escape
sequences for cursor keys.

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