Creating a Terminal Program with Python

Question

I recently started learning python. I have created some basic webapps with Django and wrote some simple scripts. After using VIM as a Python IDE I really fell I love with \"Term

Answer 1

A true command-line program is something in the vein of ls or grep; it is started from the command-line, but it's non-interactive and can be used in pipelines and combined with other programs. A typical command-line program has no interactive user experience, instead relying on shell's history and init file for customization.

What you want to create is a curses application, that uses the full capabilities of the TTY as an interactive platform, for better or worse. To do that, look up curses.