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== Under Unix-like systems ==
[[File:XFdrake.png|thumb|300px|Snapshot of 'XFdrake', a TUI used in [[Mandriva Linux]] to configure the graphical system.]]
In [[Unix-like]] operating systems, TUIs are often constructed using the terminal control [[library (computer science)|library]] ''[[curses (programming library)|curses]]'', or ''[[ncurses]]'' (a mostly compatible library), or
the alternative ''[[S-Lang]]'' library.
The advent of the ''curses'' library with [[BSD|Berkeley Unix]] created a portable and stable API for which to write TUIs. The ability to talk to various [[text terminal]] types using the same [[application programming interface|interfaces]] led to more widespread use of "visual" Unix programs, which occupied the entire terminal screen instead of using a simple line interface. This can be seen in [[text editor]]s such as [[vi]], [[E-mail client|mail clients]] such as [[pine (e-mail client)|pine]] or [[mutt (e-mail client)|mutt]], system management tools such as [[IBM AIX SMIT|SMIT]], [[SAM (HP-UX)|SAM]], [[FreeBSD]]'s [[Sysinstall]] and [[web browser]]s such as [[lynx (web browser)|lynx]]. Some applications, such as [[w3m]], and older versions of [[pine (e-mail client)|pine]] and [[vi]] use the less-able [[termcap]] library, performing many of the functions associated with [[curses (programming library)|curses]] within the application. Custom TUI applications based on ''widgets'' can be easily developed using the [[Dialog (software)|dialog]] program (based on [[ncurses]]), or the [[Newt (programming library)|Whiptail]] program (based on [[S-Lang]]).
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== See also ==
* [[Command-line interface]]
* [[Console application]]
* [[Natural language user interface]]
* [[Text-based game]], a game using a TUI
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