Curses

Curses (and ncurses) is a library that abstracts control of a character-cell display for easy use. It allows easy creation of text-mode programs using the concept of "windows", "pads", and "tabs".

I'm still pretty new to curses, but here are a few links that have come in handy when learning:

Python

• Curses Programming with Python
• Python Library Reference - curses
• Python Tutorials
• Pythonology.org - HowTos
• Vaults of Parnassus