Neat Trick: Make CLI applications look better!

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thamarok · #1 Post by **thamarok** » 2006-12-24 21:59

Hello!

I just discovered this very neat trick to make Command Line Interface applications look better

Now, I'm going to give you an example and then explain you how I did it:

Here's module-assistant opened in Konsole without the neat trick enabled:

And here's the same module-assistant in Konsole; this time with the neat trick

Watch and compare and if you like the "neat trick" you can have it by doing this: apt-get install dialog
That's it! Try it and see how your CLI applications look better

sleepyEDB · #2 Post by **sleepyEDB** » 2007-01-03 13:31

Thanks for the tip...a vast improvement! I'll check it out.

sleepy

zwerg · #3 Post by **zwerg** » 2007-01-04 02:21

Well, er....I must not be holding my mouth right, but I can't see the screenshots and I would like a good deal more info of the how to variety. TIA.

thamarok · #4 Post by **thamarok** » 2007-01-04 13:57

The images work fine..

ajdlinux · #5 Post by **ajdlinux** » 2007-01-05 23:22

Firstly, I can't see the images.

Secondly, isn't dialog installed by default??

DeanLinkous · #6 Post by **DeanLinkous** » 2007-01-06 03:51

I thought dialog was usually installed by default, but maybe something I install pulls it in....

the pics seem to work some of the time....

Bulkley · #7 Post by **Bulkley** » 2007-01-06 04:00

The images work fine..

No they don't.

thamarok · #8 Post by **thamarok** » 2007-01-06 11:31

ajdlinux wrote:Firstly, I can't see the images.

Secondly, isn't dialog installed by default??

So odd, I can see the images, they are hosted on ImgSpot

Secondly, dialog isn't installed by default.

I'll change the hosting.