Alternative to ncurses

[ndr-brt]

ncurses it's working, it's ok, but it seems to be abandoned: last release was 5 years ago git repository gives 502: https://john-millikin.com/software/haskell-ncurses/ github mirror is archived: https://github.com/jmillikin/haskell-ncurses

I searched some alternatives, I found these two that seem interesting: http://hackage.haskell.org/package/brick https://github.com/jtdaugherty/vty

[yaxu]

I guess the underlying ncurses library itself (rather than the haskell wrapper) is very old and basically 'finished', very stable but well developed.

I think the main advantage switching to vty/brick could be better key support - it's pretty limited what key combos you can process with ncurses.

Longer term though I think best to port the experimental feedforward features to editor plugins and/or a gui app.

[ekg]

I just got a failed build involving ncurses. Seems it's necessary to install c2hs (apt install c2hs on ubuntu/debian).