[Lazarus] Example of full screen console program anywhere?

[Sven Barth]

Am 25.04.2016 16:59 schrieb "Bo Berglund" <bo.berglund at gmail.com>:
>
> I need to create a console program, but one that works similar to the
> nano editor, the gpsd position/satellite view or raspi-config on a
> Raspberry Pi.
> I.e. the program manages the full terminal screen and displays its
> data in certain areas on screen and reads keystrokes as commands for
> controlling the program.
> I once did such programs on Windows using BASIC, but that was before
> Windows appeared and I have all but forgotten how it was actually
> accomplished....
> So I am looking for some examples to start off where the cursor for
> writing is positioned on the screen in order to put output data in
> certain places and commands can be entered without moving the
> displayed screen.
>
> Is there such an example for FPC/Lazarus available somewhere?
> Target is Raspbian on a Raspberry Pi3 and I cannot use any GUI system
> for this because it must be accessed remotely via SSH (PuTTY) over a
> slow link that does not work decently with the graphical interface.

One example would be the Free Pascal's text mode IDE that you can find in
the compiler's sources in ide/. It uses the Free Vision component system
that's an open source clone of Turbo Pascal's Turbo Vision (FV is also part
of FPC).

Regards,
Sven
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