The raspi-config UI looks like this:
How was this program made? Could I, for instance, write a program with graphical elements like this that runs in the shell? Is there a library that does something similar?
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1It looks like it is using the newt library en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newt_(programming_library).– Steve RobillardJun 12, 2014 at 16:32
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If you look at the source code you will see it is a bash script that uses whiptail to create the menus.
whiptail is part of the newt library
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You don't see these too often, but I think using a TUI is an exceptionally good way for making a somewhat visual application on a low-powered device (or in a shell environment). Thanks!– MattJun 13, 2014 at 4:36