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Hi Bad_ptr,

So am I understanding correctly that you want to implement something like a suggestion list (kind of like what browsers do in their address bar)? I think that for something dynamic like that, you may need to look into toolkits for the terminal. I'm not sure if there are existing solutions that do something like what you want, and a quick search hasn't revealed much yet, but as a starting point for implementing your own solution, Curses (or perhaps Curses::UI) comes to mind.

Update: ~~Actually, I'm only guessing this is supposed to be on the terminal, since you haven't specified that?~~ Oops, yes you did, in the title, nevermind ;-)

Regards,
-- Hauke D

In reply to Re: Terminal. Update text while user types. by haukex
in thread Terminal. Update text while user types. by Bad_ptr

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