Mark Probert wrote: > > Hi, > > Is this possible to do easily? I don't need > command-line editing etc., just the ability to > to go something like: > > print " --> " ; ans = readline(NOECHO) On Linux and other unices it can be done using curses library or jttui (textmode user interface) library http://klokan.sh.cvut.cz/~jtra/ Jakub Travnik jabber://jtra / jabber.com