Mastodawn

It would have to be more complex than that: a tool that sets cursor addressing mode and non-canonical input mode back up after nvi exits (which is when nvi tears down cursor addressing mode and all that stuff).

reset actually does the opposite of that.

Sadly, #ncurses, which #urwid can be layered on top of, is quite capable of switching between 'prog' and 'shell' modes; but this is simply not used by urwid and is not even the urwid underpinning that is chosen by #sncli anyway.

Paul SomeoneElse Jun 4

smplr

What you don't see is that ACS_BULLET symbol (the dot)
next to the word "smplr" is blinking VERY FAST to show
how I async I am.

#C #ncurses #sndio #openbsd #libevent

Radio_Azureus May 16

IDEs, UNIX, AND THE LEGACY WORKFLOW THAT NEVER WENT AWAY

Words of Wisdom are dispensed in the article

I have a workflow consisting of

screen
bash or one of
csh
ksh
zsh
vim or
vim.motif
function third(){ awk '{if (NR%3==0){print "\033[32m" $0 "\033[0m"} else{print}}'; }
function psgrep() { ps axuf | grep -v grep | grep "$@" -i --color=auto; }
function mkcd(){ [ ! -z "$1" ] && mkdir -p "$1" && cd "$_"; }
gcc
g++
asm
ln
go from golang
lsd
ncdu

These choices are deliberate. I want and demand the fastest programming ENV: which follow the UNIX principle & KISS

quotes

tl;dr*

Unix already solved many IDE problems decades ago using small cooperating tools instead of one large application.

bash
coreutils
less
tmux
nvialready form a complete and focused development environment for many Unix workflows.

The shell becomes the workspace, the terminal manages sessions, and the editor remains small and predictable

sources:

man sh(1)

man ls(1)

man coreutils(1)

man less(1)

man screen(1)

man tmux(1)

man vim(1)

https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/

https://repo.or.cz/code-notes.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/notes/Unix_As_An_IDE.txt

https://go.dev/doc/install

https://go.dev/doc/tutorial/getting-started

#programming #UNIX #gcc #g++ #asm #ln #golang #lsd #ncdu #ncurses #BSD #freeBSD #ghostBSD #openBSD #Linux #OpenSource #POSIX

Screen - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation

Paul SomeoneElse May 12

BIG NEWS!

I am going to start calling ncurses just "curses" now.
That goes along with the library itself, they refer to
themselves as curses.

I think enough time has past to respect the
previous versions of curses. And there is very
little chance they would both be installed on the same
machine and you'd have to choose.

END SERIOUS BUSINESS REPORT.

#curses #ncurses

vicash May 2

RE: https://mastodon.social/@lobsters/116504612741669114

As always web developers coming late to the party and discovering efficiency #TUI #curses #ncurses

Show thread

xXgarland Feb 1

@whitequark did you even build this beautiful #ncurses user-interface?

Show thread

Fossery Tech

Jan 4

(Linux news in original post)

FOSS NEWS

F-Droid upgrades core server, doubles app update frequency:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/f-droid-upgrades-core-server-doubles-app-update-frequency/

Shotcut 25.12 adds 10-bit video CPU pipeline, linear color processing, and UI upgrades:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/shotcut-25-12-adds-10-bit-video-cpu-pipeline-linear-color-processing-and-ui-upgrades/

LibreOffice Viewer launched for Meta Quest VR on Horizon OS:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/12/libreoffice-viewer-launched-for-meta-quest-vr-on-horizon-os/
(Viewing documents in virtual reality? How does it supposed to look like? Walking between letters to read them, and climbing on top of them for better view? lol)

SuperTux v0.7.0 beta released with revamped worlds, new music and major gameplay additions:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/12/supertux-v0-7-0-beta-released-with-revamped-worlds-new-music-and-major-gameplay-additions/

Upscayl 2.15 brings redesigned interface, multi-language support, new AI model:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/upscayl-2-15-brings-redesigned-interface-multi-language-support-new-ai-model/

Zig 0.6.0 adds LLVM 10, RISC-V, new binaries, and Windows improvements:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/zig-0-6-0-adds-llvm-10-risc-v-new-binaries-and-windows-improvements/

Ncurses 6.6 Released With Improved Windows Terminal Support, Other Enhancements:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ncurses-6.6

OpenCV 4.13 Brings More AVX-512 Usage, CUDA 13 Support, Many Other New Features:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenCV-4.13-Released

LLVM 22 Lands NVIDIA Olympus CPU Scheduling Model:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-Olympus-Sched-Model

Rust-Based Fjall 3.0 Released For Key-Value Storage Engine Akin To RocksDB:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fjall-3.0-Released
("...but with the benefit of being written in Rust." Here we go again. Rust considered a feature while it's just a programming language.)

/e/OS 3.3 brings improved Murena Workspace integration and tracking notification removal:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/12/-e-os-3-3-brings-improved-murena-workspace-integration-and-tracking-notification-removal/

ReactOS Starts 2026 With Another "Major Step" Toward Windows NT6 Compatibility:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/ReactOS-Starts-2026

ReactOS syncs MSVCRT with Wine 10.0, cuts API test failures by 30%:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/reactos-syncs-msvcrt-with-wine-10-0-cuts-api-test-failures-by-30-/

NVIDIA Graphics On Haiku OS Make Progress With NVIDIA Open Kernel Modules + NVK/Zink:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-Haiku-0.0.1

#WeeklyNews #OpenSource #FOSSNews #FOSS #FDroid #Shotcut #LibreOffice #MetaQuest #HorizonOS #VR #SuperTux #Upscayl #Zig #Ncurses #OpenCV #LLVM #Fjall #eOS #ReactOS #Haiku #OfficeSuite #VideoEditor #VideoEditing #FOSSGame #OpenSourceGame #KeyValueStore #Database #OS #Coding #FosseryTech