On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 7:29 PM, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: > The raw_input/input UI is well-designed for entering plain text data. It is > extremely poor as a command interface. > > ... (Imagine how awkward it would be to use a TUI mail client or > text editor where the only user input was from something like raw_input.)
I run a MUD and play several. MUDs by definition have only line-based input (if you use a raw TELNET client, you have character-based input, but most MUD clients send entire lines of text at once); yet it is possible to implement a reasonably-viable file editor. It's not difficult to become quite proficient with line-based editors, especially if you rig some client-side support (which I have done on two of the MUDs). Line-based input is excellent as a command interface, if commands consist of verbs and parameters. It's terrible for playing Tetris on. ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
