Text user interface

TUI (Text User Interface) is a retronym that was coined sometime after the invention of graphical user interfaces, to distinguish them from text based user interfaces. TUIs are different from command-line interfaces in that, like GUIs, they utilise the entire screen area and do not necessarily provide line-by-line output. However, TUIs only use text and symbols available on a typical text terminal, while GUIs typically use high resolution graphics modes.

Related Topics:
Retronym - Graphical user interface - User interface - Command-line interface - Terminal

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In the Unix world, TUIs are often constructed using curses or ncurses.

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Unix - Curses - Ncurses

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ANSI standard ANSI X3.64 defines a standard set of escape sequences that can be used to drive terminals to create TUIs. See ANSI escape code

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ANSI - ANSI X3.64 - Escape sequence - ANSI escape code

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